extant

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, from extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstənt/, /ɛkˈstænt/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstænt/, /ˈɛkstənt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt

Adjective

extant (not comparable)

Still in existence.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
(obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.

Synonyms

Antonyms

(still alive): extinct

Translations

still in existence

Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt)
Catalan: existent m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現存 (zh), 現存的
Czech: dochovalý, dochovaný, existující
Dutch: existent (nl)
Esperanto: dauxra (gxis nuntempe)
Estonian: ekisteeriv
Finnish: olemassa oleva (fi)
French: existant (fr)
German: existent (de)
Greek: υπάρχων (el) m (ypárchon), σωζόμενος m (sozómenos)

Hindi: मौजुद (maujud)
Japanese: 現存する (ja) (genzon suru)
Polish: istniejący m
Portuguese: existente (pt) m, f, remanescente (pt) m, f
Romanian: existent (ro) m
Russian: сохрани́вшийся (ru) (soxranívšijsja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: постојећи

Latin: postojeći (sh)
Spanish: existente (es) m, f, extante
Swedish: existerande (sv), kvarvarande (sv)

currently existing; not having disappeared

Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt), наличен (bg) (naličen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: daŭras ĝis nuntage, nemalaperi
Finnish: olemassa oleva (fi)

German: vorhanden (de)
Japanese: 既存の (ja) (kizon no)
Russian: существу́ющий (ru) (suščestvújuščij)
Swedish: kvarvarande (sv), bevarad (sv)

still alive; not extinct

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: elävä (fi)

German: überlebend (de), lebend (de), verbleibend (de)
Japanese: 現存する (ja) (genzon suru)
Russian: вы́живший (ru) (výživšij), сохрани́вшийся (ru) (soxranívšijsja)

Latin

Verb

extant

third-person plural present active indicative of extō

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