subsister

English

Etymology

subsist +‎ -er

Noun

subsister (plural subsisters)

  1. One who subsists.
    • 1843, Andrew Clarke, Tour in France, Italy and Switzerland: During the Years 1840 and 1841, page 25:
      a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil

French

Etymology

From Latin subsistō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syb.zis.te/
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Verb

subsister

  1. to subsist, live on, go on, keep going
  2. to stay, remain

Conjugation
Conjugation of subsister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple subsister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple subsistant
/syb.zis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle subsisté
/syb.zis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present subsiste
/syb.zist/		 subsistes
/syb.zist/		 subsiste
/syb.zist/		 subsistons
/syb.zis.tɔ̃/		 subsistez
/syb.zis.te/		 subsistent
/syb.zist/
imperfect subsistais
/syb.zis.tɛ/		 subsistais
/syb.zis.tɛ/		 subsistait
/syb.zis.tɛ/		 subsistions
/syb.zis.tjɔ̃/		 subsistiez
/syb.zis.tje/		 subsistaient
/syb.zis.tɛ/
past historic2 subsistai
/syb.zis.te/		 subsistas
/syb.zis.ta/		 subsista
/syb.zis.ta/		 subsistâmes
/syb.zis.tam/		 subsistâtes
/syb.zis.tat/		 subsistèrent
/syb.zis.tɛʁ/
future subsisterai
/syb.zis.tə.ʁe/		 subsisteras
/syb.zis.tə.ʁa/		 subsistera
/syb.zis.tə.ʁa/		 subsisterons
/syb.zis.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 subsisterez
/syb.zis.tə.ʁe/		 subsisteront
/syb.zis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional subsisterais
/syb.zis.tə.ʁɛ/		 subsisterais
/syb.zis.tə.ʁɛ/		 subsisterait
/syb.zis.tə.ʁɛ/		 subsisterions
/syb.zis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 subsisteriez
/syb.zis.tə.ʁje/		 subsisteraient
/syb.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 subsiste
/syb.zist/		 subsistes
/syb.zist/		 subsiste
/syb.zist/		 subsistions
/syb.zis.tjɔ̃/		 subsistiez
/syb.zis.tje/		 subsistent
/syb.zist/
imperfect2 subsistasse
/syb.zis.tas/		 subsistasses
/syb.zis.tas/		 subsistât
/syb.zis.ta/		 subsistassions
/syb.zis.ta.sjɔ̃/		 subsistassiez
/syb.zis.ta.sje/		 subsistassent
/syb.zis.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — subsiste
/syb.zist/		 — subsistons
/syb.zis.tɔ̃/		 subsistez
/syb.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).

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