French Conversation · Level 19
89 words
French word
dépendant
Pronunciation
IPA/depɑ̃dɑ̃/
Meaning
- adjectivedependent
Example
Il est dépendant de ses parents.
He is dependent on his parents.
More examples
Le projet est dépendant du financement.
The project is dependent on funding.
Core concept
A person or system kept standing by support outside itself.
Common phrases
être dépendant de
dependent on
financièrement dépendant
financially dependent
Similar words
lié: Related to another thing through a connection or cause.
attaché: Unable to detach easily from someone or something emotionally or by habit.
accro: Unable to give up something because of a powerful dependence on it.
subordonné: Required to obey another person or organization's authority or instructions.
Definition in French
Qui dépend d'une autre personne, d'une chose ou d'une condition pour être maintenu.
Word origin
French dépendant is the present participle and adjective of dépendre, from Latin dependere, meaning to hang from.
Usage tips
- The adjective takes de for its source, as in dépendant de ses parents, not the English pattern dependent on.
Other meanings
- subordinateadjective
Opposites
- indépendantindependentadjective
- autonomeself-sufficientadjective
Related words
- dépendancedependencenoun
- indépendanceindependencenoun