exister

English

Etymology

From exist +‎ -er.

Noun

exister (plural existers)

1. (philosophy) One who exists.
   • 1992, Graeme Nicholson, Illustrations of being: drawing upon Heidegger and upon metaphysics:

     We existers are never either ready to hand or present at hand, because our ontological constitution, Existenz, is utterly different from theirs […]

   • 2006, David Benatar, Better never to have been: the harm of coming into existence:

     It is good that existers enjoy their pleasures. It is also good that pains are avoided.

Anagrams

• exiters, reexits

French

Etymology

From Latin existō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zis.te/

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Verb

exister

1. to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of exister (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	exister
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	existant /ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		existé /ɛɡ.zis.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	existe /ɛɡ.zist/	existes /ɛɡ.zist/	existe /ɛɡ.zist/	existons /ɛɡ.zis.tɔ̃/	existez /ɛɡ.zis.te/	existent /ɛɡ.zist/
	imperfect	existais /ɛɡ.zis.tɛ/	existais /ɛɡ.zis.tɛ/	existait /ɛɡ.zis.tɛ/	existions /ɛɡ.zis.tjɔ̃/	existiez /ɛɡ.zis.tje/	existaient /ɛɡ.zis.tɛ/
	past historic2	existai /ɛɡ.zis.te/	existas /ɛɡ.zis.ta/	exista /ɛɡ.zis.ta/	existâmes /ɛɡ.zis.tam/	existâtes /ɛɡ.zis.tat/	existèrent /ɛɡ.zis.tɛʁ/
	future	existerai /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁe/	existeras /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁa/	existera /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁa/	existerons /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɔ̃/	existerez /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁe/	existeront /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	existerais /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɛ/	existerais /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɛ/	existerait /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɛ/	existerions /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	existeriez /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁje/	existeraient /ɛɡ.zis.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	existe /ɛɡ.zist/	existes /ɛɡ.zist/	existe /ɛɡ.zist/	existions /ɛɡ.zis.tjɔ̃/	existiez /ɛɡ.zis.tje/	existent /ɛɡ.zist/
	imperfect2	existasse /ɛɡ.zis.tas/	existasses /ɛɡ.zis.tas/	existât /ɛɡ.zis.ta/	existassions /ɛɡ.zis.ta.sjɔ̃/	existassiez /ɛɡ.zis.ta.sje/	existassent /ɛɡ.zis.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	existe /ɛɡ.zist/	—	existons /ɛɡ.zis.tɔ̃/	existez /ɛɡ.zis.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• existence

Descendants

• → English: exist
• → Romanian: exista

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rexiste

Interlingua

Verb

exister

1. to exist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exister

infinitive		exister
participle		present	perfect
		existente	existite
active		simple	perfect
	present	existe	ha existite
	past	existeva	habeva existite
	future	existera	habera existite
	conditional	existerea	haberea existite
	imperative	existe	—