obsolescent

English

Etymology

From Latin obsolēscēns.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑbsəˈlɛsənt/

Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

obsolescent (comparative more obsolescent, superlative most obsolescent)

1. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
   • a. 1944, Keith Douglas, “Aristocrats”, in Collected Poems, published 1977:

     How can I live among this gentle
     obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?

Synonyms

• deprecated, on its way out; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Related terms

• obsolescence
• obsolescently

Translations

in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet

Bulgarian: отпадащ от употреба (otpadašt ot upotreba) Catalan: obsolescent Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 荒廢的／荒废的 (zh) (huāngfèi de) Finnish: vanhentuva (fi) French: obsolescent (fr) German: veraltend (de) Greek: απαρχαιούμενος (aparchaioúmenos) Hindi: लोपोन्मुख (loponmukh), लुप्तप्राय (luptaprāy) Hungarian: elavulóban lévő, elavulófélben lévő, régies (hu) Norwegian: på vei til å bli foreldet Polish: wychodzący z użycia, zanikający Portuguese: obsolescente Russian: устарева́ющий (ru) (ustarevájuščij) Spanish: obsolescente Turkish: eskimekte

See also

• -escent

French

Adjective

obsolescent (feminine obsolescente, masculine plural obsolescents, feminine plural obsolescentes)

1. obsolescent

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

obsolēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obsolēscō