resistant

See also: résistant

English

Etymology

From French résistant; equivalent to resist +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈzɪstənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

resistant (plural resistants)

1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
2. A thing which resists.

Translations

a person who resists

Catalan: resistent m Dutch: verzetsstrijder (nl) m Faroese: mótstøðumaður m Finnish: vastarintaliikkeen jäsen (member of a resistance movement), vastarintaa tekevä French: résistant (fr) m German: Widerstandskämpfer (de) m Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m, przeciwniczka (pl) f Spanish: resistente (es) m

Adjective

resistant (comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)

1. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
2. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.

   The infection is resistant to antibiotics.

   • 1975, Daniel McMahon, C. Fred Fox, Developmental Biology: Pattern Formation, Gene Regulation, Addison Wesley Longman:

     […] suggests the dauerlarva is resistant because of non-feeding and a more resistant cuticle. Examination of the dauerlarva cuticle by thin sectioning and electron micro […]

3. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

Derived terms

• acid-resistant
• antiresistant
• atheroresistant
• bioresistant
• chemoresistant
• coresistant
• corticoresistant
• crossresistant
• cryoresistant
• exoresistant
• famine resistant
• fire-resistant
• gastro-resistant
• gastroresistant
• heat resistant
• heat-resistant
• heteroresistant
• homoresistant
• hyperresistant
• immunoresistant
• magnetoresistant
• monoresistant
• multi-resistant
• multiresistant
• nonresistant
• osmoresistant
• oxidoresistant
• panresistant
• pentaresistant
• pharmacoresistant
• phosphoresistant
• photoresistant
• piezoresistant
• polyresistant
• quantum-resistant
• radioresistant
• resistantly
• resistant materials
• seroresistant
• superresistant
• thermoresistant
• thromboresistant
• unresistant
• water-resistant

Translations

that which makes resistance

Bulgarian: съпротивляващ се (sǎprotivljavašt se) Catalan: resistent Danish: modstandsdygtig French: résistant (fr) m German: resistent (de) Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tulgus) Polish: oporny (pl) m Romanian: rezistent (ro) Spanish: resistente (es) Swedish: motståndskraftig (sv)

that which is not overcome by a disease or drug

Bulgarian: резистентен (bg) (rezistenten) Catalan: resistent Czech: odolný (cs) m Finnish: vastustuskykyinen French: résistant (fr) m German: resistent (de) Polish: odporny (pl) m, oporny (pl) m Romanian: rezistent (ro) Spanish: resistente (es) Swedish: resistent (sv), motståndskraftig (sv)

statistics

Bulgarian: устойчив (bg) (ustojčiv)

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See also

• robust

References

• “resistant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rattiness, strainest, straitens, tartiness, train sets, trainsets

Latin

Verb

resistant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of resistō