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Exister
Ex-ist′er
,Noun.
One who exists.
Definition 2024
exister
exister
English
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..
- 1992, Graeme Nicholson, Illustrations of being: drawing upon Heidegger and upon metaphysics
French
Pronunciation
Verb
exister
- to exist
Conjugation
Conjugation of exister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exister | avoir existé | |||||
| gerund | en existant | en ayant existé | |||||
| present participle | existant /ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | existé /ɛɡ.zis.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | existai /ɛɡ.zis.te/ |
existas /ɛɡ.zis.ta/ |
exista /ɛɡ.zis.ta/ |
existâmes /ɛɡ.zis.tam/ |
existâtes /ɛɡ.zis.tat/ |
existèrent /ɛɡ.zis.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | existe /ɛɡ.zist/ |
existes /ɛɡ.zist/ |
existe /ɛɡ.zist/ |
existions /ɛɡ.zis.tjɔ̃/ |
existiez /ɛɡ.zis.tje/ |
existent /ɛɡ.zist/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | existe /ɛɡ.zist/ |
— | existons /ɛɡ.zis.tɔ̃/ |
existez /ɛɡ.zis.te/ |
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