different between defunct vs fungible

English

Etymology

From Old French defunct (French défunt), from Latin d?functus, past participle of d?fungor (“to finish, discharge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??f??kt/
• (US) also IPA^(key): /?di?f??kt/

Adjective

defunct (comparative more defunct, superlative most defunct)

1. (now rare) Deceased, dead.
   • 1822, Lord Byron (translator), Morgante

     The boar, defunct, lay tripp'd up, near.

2. No longer in use, inactive.
3. (computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
4. (business) No longer in business or service.
5. (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.

Synonyms

• (no longer in use): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Translations

Verb

defunct (third-person singular simple present defuncts, present participle defuncting, simple past and past participle defuncted)

1. To make defunct.

Noun

defunct

1. The dead person (referred to).
   • 1817 September, in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume 1, page 617:

     […] he saw Robert Johnston, pannel, come out of the cott-house with the fork in his hand, and pass by Alexander Fall and the deponent; heard the pannell say, he had sticked the dog, and he would stick the whelps too; whereupon the pannell run after the defunct’s son with the fork in his hand, […]

Related terms

• function
• bankrupt

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French défunt

Noun

defunct m (plural defunc?i)

1. deceased

Declension

English

Etymology

1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“I perform, I discharge a duty”) (English function) +? -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibilis (“replaceable things”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?nd??b?l/, /?f?nd??bl/
• Rhymes: -?b?l, -?bl

Adjective

fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)

1. (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.

   Synonyms: interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.

   Antonym: nonfungible

   • 1649, Antony Ascham, Of the confusions and revolutions of governments, 30:

     Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?

   • 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton, Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, page 116:

     Gold is fungible. Silver is fungible; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another

   • 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:

     At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible.

   • 2013, Johanna Rothman, Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds

     However, unless you are unique among technical organizations and have fungible staff members who can easily replace each other, you'll need to augment the standardized description with your needs for this particular position.

Derived terms

• fungibility

Translations

Noun

fungible (plural fungibles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any fungible item.

   Antonym: nonfungible

References

Further reading

• fungibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bingeful

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin fungibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fu???i.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fu??d??i.ble/

Adjective

fungible (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)

1. fungible

Further reading

• “fungible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fungible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fungible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fungible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Adjective

fungible

1. inflection of fungibel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fung? (“to perform”). Cognate with fungible.

Adjective

fungible (plural fungibles)

1. fungible, expendable, consumable (exchangeable)

Related terms

• fungir
• función
• defunción