survivant

Etymology

From Middle French survivant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈvʌɪvənt/

Adjective

survivant (comparative more survivant, superlative most survivant)

1. (rare) Surviving.
   • 1934, F Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night:

     But they were frightened at his survivant will, once a will to live, now become a will to die.

Noun

survivant m (plural survivants, feminine survivante)

1. survivor

Verb

survivant

1. present participle of survivre

Adjective

survivant (feminine singular survivante, masculine plural survivants, feminine plural survivantes)

1. surviving

Further reading

• “survivant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).