exister
English
Etymology
Noun
exister (plural existers)
- (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
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zis.te/
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Verb
exister
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “exister”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Verb
exister
- to exist