different between existence vs existent

English

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Morphologically exist +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??.?z?s.t?ns/, /??.?z?s.t?ns/

Noun

existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)

1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

   Synonym: presence
2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Synonyms

• (state of being): See also Thesaurus:existence

Antonyms

• (state of being): nonexistence, nothingness; See also Thesaurus:inexistence

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

Anagrams

• ectexines

Czech

Etymology

Latin sisto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???z?st?nt?s?]
• Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

existence f

1. existence

Related terms

Further reading

• existence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• existence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zis.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: ex?is?tence

Noun

existence f (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

   Synonym: vie

Related terms

• exister
• existentiel

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin existens, from existere.

Adjective

existent (not comparable)

1. existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

Synonyms

• existing, extant; See also Thesaurus:existent

Antonyms

• nonexistent

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential

Translations

Noun

existent (plural existents)

1. (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exist?ns.

Adjective

existent (masculine and feminine plural existents)

1. existent, existing

   Antonym: inexistent

Related terms

• existència
• existir

Further reading

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

French

Verb

existent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exister

Latin

Verb

existent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French existant

Adjective

existent m or n (feminine singular existent?, masculine plural existen?i, feminine and neuter plural existente)

1. existent

Declension