stagnant
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
- Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
- a stagnant pool
- stagnant water
- (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
- a stagnant economy
- stagnant prices
- their love had turned stagnant
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still
without progress
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French
[edit]Participle
[edit]stagnant
Adjective
[edit]stagnant (feminine stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)
Further reading
[edit]- “stagnant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnantă, masculine plural stagnanți, feminine and neuter plural stagnante)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | stagnant | stagnantă | stagnanți | stagnante | |||
definite | stagnantul | stagnanta | stagnanții | stagnantele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | stagnant | stagnante | stagnanți | stagnante | |||
definite | stagnantului | stagnantei | stagnanților | stagnantelor |
Further reading
[edit]- stagnant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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