exist in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for exist in the English»French Dictionary

exist [Brit ɪɡˈzɪst, ɛɡˈzɪst, Am ɪɡˈzɪst] VB intr

1. exist (be):

exist

exister

it really does exist

ça existe vraiment

2. exist (survive):

exist

survivre

they can do no more than exist on that wage

ce salaire leur permet tout juste de survivre

3. exist (live):

exist

vivre

to exist on a diet of potatoes

ne vivre que de pommes de terre

how can he exist without friends?

comment peut-il vivre sans amis?

I.pre-exist [Brit, Am ˌpriɪɡˈzɪst] VB trans

pre-exist

préexister à

II.pre-exist [Brit, Am ˌpriɪɡˈzɪst] VB intr

pre-exist situation, phenomenon:

préexister

pre-exist person, soul:

avoir une vie antérieure

III.pre-existing ADJ

pre-existing

préexistant

a pre-existing medical condition

un antécédent médical

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subjectively perceive, exist

subjectivement

ghosts don't really exist

les fantômes n'existent pas

Translations for exist in the French»English Dictionary

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préexister

to pre-exist

exister

to exist

la route existe-t-elle vraiment?

does the road really exist?

les fantômes, ça existe?

do ghosts really exist?

les mammouths, ça existe encore?

do mammoths still exist?

je n'existe pas pour lui ou à ses yeux

as far as he's concerned, I don't even exist

je doute de leur existence

I doubt they exist

exister matériellement

really to exist

cesser d'exister

to cease to exist

exist in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for exist in the English»French Dictionary

exist [ɪgˈzɪst] VB intr

1. exist (be):

exist

exister

2. exist (live):

to exist on sth

vivre de qc

3. exist (survive):

exist

subsister

pre-exist VB trans

pre-exist

préexister à

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if they exist at all

si tant est qu'ils existent

Translations for exist in the French»English Dictionary

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préexister

to pre-exist

préexister à qn/qc

to pre-exist sb/sth

exister

to exist

la télévision était encore inexistante

television did not exist then

exist Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

if they exist at all

si tant est qu'ils existent

to exist on sth

vivre de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Remnants of the old town fortification wall still exist here.

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Unlike traditional houses, which were generally outgrowths of printing companies or book sellers, theirs would exist purely as a publisher.

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However, she had never shown support for the witch trials, since she did not believe witches existed.

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Little remains today on the site, with only the foundation of the temple and other fragments still existing there.

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He says that he wonders if they even exist, if they are perhaps memories that belong to someone else.

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So while subsidies allow small farms to exist, large farms tend to get the larger share of the subsidies.

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It can be shown that such a graph exists for any and, and the proof is reasonably simple.

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The main goal was to allow foundations to exist because the state had owned all property and existing foundations by law since 1952.

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The work exists as an interactive website that builds itself while the viewer watches.

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To say that something exists is to say that it is perceived by a perceiver.

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