different between stagnant vs unventilated

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stæ?n?nt/

Adjective

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

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

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

Derived terms

• stagnant hypoxia
• stagnantly
• stagnancy

Related terms

• stagnate
• stagflation

Translations

French

Verb

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

Adjective

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

1. stagnant

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.

Adjective

stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnant?, masculine plural stagnan?i, feminine and neuter plural stagnante)

1. stagnant

Declension

English

Etymology

From un- +? ventilated.

Adjective

unventilated (not comparable)

1. Not ventilated, lacking ventilation.

Translations