vivant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vivant (“living”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvænt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt

Noun

vivant

1. (card games, obsolete) In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.

References

• “vivant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīventem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.vɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Adjective

vivant (feminine vivante, masculine plural vivants, feminine plural vivantes)

1. alive

   Synonym: en vie

   Antonym: mort

   Je croyais qu’il était mort, mais il est encore vivant. ― I thought he was dead, but he is still alive.

2. living

   Antonym: mort

   une langue vivante ― a living language

   un fossile vivant ― a living fossil

   un tableau vivant ― a tableau vivant (posed scene resembling a painting)

Participle

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

Noun

vivant m (plural vivants, feminine vivante)

1. living person

   un bon vivant ― a person who enjoys the good things in life

2. lifetime

   du vivant de ― during the lifetime of

3. all living things

   le domaine du vivant ― The land of the living.

Further reading

• “vivant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

vīvant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of vīvō

Middle French

Verb

vivant (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes)

1. present participle of vivre
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of vivre

Adjective

vivant m (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes)

1. alive

Old French

Etymology

Present participle of vivre, probably a calque of Latin vīvēns, vīventem.

Adjective

vivant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vivant or vivante)

1. living; alive

Declension

Declension of vivant

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	vivanz	vivant or vivante (rare)	vivant
	Oblique	vivant			vivant or vivante (rare)	vivant
Plural	Subject	vivant	vivanz or vivantes (rare)		vivant
	Oblique	vivanz			vivanz or vivantes (rare)	vivant

Verb

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

Descendants

• French: vivant

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vivant.

Adjective

vivant m or n (feminine singular vivantă, masculine plural vivanți, feminine and neuter plural vivante)

1. lively

Declension

Declension of vivant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vivant		vivantă	vivanți	vivante
	definite	vivantul		vivanta	vivanții	vivantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vivant		vivante	vivanți	vivante
	definite	vivantului		vivantei	vivanților	vivantelor