defunct

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēfunctus, past participle of dēfungor (“to finish, discharge”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /dɪˈfʌŋkt/ (US) also IPA(key): /ˌdiˈfʌŋkt/ Rhymes: -ʌŋkt === Adjective === defunct (comparative more defunct, superlative most defunct) No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again. Synonyms: antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete (business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business. (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. (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken. (now rare) Deceased, dead. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === defunct (third-person singular simple present defuncts, present participle defuncting, simple past and past participle defuncted) To make defunct. === Noun === defunct 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 === Borrowed from French défunt. === Noun === defunct m (plural defuncți, feminine equivalent defunctă) deceased ==== Declension ====