stagnant

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæɡnənt/

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stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

   Synonyms: motionless, stale, standing, still

   a stagnant pool    stagnant water

2. (figurative) Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.

   a stagnant economy    stagnant prices

   Their love had turned stagnant.

• stagnate
• stagflation

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

stagnant (feminine stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)

1. stagnant

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

Borrowed from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.

• IPA^(key): /staɡˈnant/

stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnantă, masculine plural stagnanți, feminine/neuter plural stagnante)

1. stagnant

• “stagnant”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026