vivant

Borrowed from French vivant (“living”).

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈvænt/

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vivant

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

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

• IPA^(key): /vi.vɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

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

1. alive; living

   Je croyais qu'il était mort, mais il est encore vivant.

   I thought he was dead, but he is still alive.

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

vivant m (plural vivants, feminine vivante)

1. a living person
2. a lifetime
3. all living things

• bon vivant
• du vivant de
• fossile vivant
• langue vivante
• tableau vivant

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

vīvant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of vīvō

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

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

1. alive

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

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

1. living; alive

vivant

1. present participle of vivre

• French: vivant

From French vivant.

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

1. lively