stagnant

English

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæɡnənt/

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Adjective

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

   a stagnant pool

   stagnant water

2. (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

   a stagnant economy

   stagnant prices

Derived terms

• stagnantly
• stagnancy

Related terms

• stagnate
• stagflation

Translations

lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still

• Catalan: estancat m, estancada f
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: seisova (fi)
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• Maori: piro, whakaroau
• Russian: застоявшийся (ru) (zastojavšijsja)
• Spanish: estancado (es), atascado (es) m
• Swedish: stagnerande (sv), stillastående (sv), statisk (sv)

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French

Verb

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

Adjective

stagnant (feminine stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)

1. stagnant

Further reading

• “stagnant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.