vivant

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vivant (“living”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɪˈvænt/ \ Rhymes: -ænt === Noun === vivant (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/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ === Adjective === vivant (feminine vivante, masculine plural vivants, feminine plural vivantes) 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. 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) ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: vivan === Participle === vivant present participle of vivre === Noun === vivant m (plural vivants, feminine vivante) living person un bon vivant ― a person who enjoys the good things in life lifetime du vivant de ― during the lifetime of 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 third-person plural present active subjunctive of vīvō == Middle French == === Verb === vivant (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes) present participle of vivre (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of vivre === Adjective === vivant m (feminine singular vivante, masculine plural vivans, feminine plural vivantes) 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) living; alive ==== Declension ==== === Verb === vivant 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/neuter plural vivante) lively ==== Declension ====