French word

subsister

Pronunciation

IPA/sybziste/

Meaning

  • verbremain

Example

Il subsiste encore des doutes.

Some doubts still remain.

Illustration for subsister (remain)

More examples

Des erreurs subsistent dans le rapport.

Errors remain in the report.

Core concept

A doubt or fact still standing after it seemed likely to disappear.

Common phrases

  • il subsiste des doutes

    Doubts remain

  • des problèmes subsistent

    Problems remain

Similar words

rester: To remain in a particular place or condition.
continuer: To keep going without a break.
exister: To be real or present.
persister: To endure despite resistance or efforts to suppress it.

Definition in French

Rester ou demeurer; continuer d'être présent, souvent employé de manière impersonnelle pour indiquer qu'un fait persiste.

Word origin

French subsister comes from Latin subsistere, formed from sub- and sistere, and developed with the sense of remaining or continuing to exist.

Usage tips

  • In the impersonal pattern il subsiste + noun, il is fixed and the verb stays singular even when the noun is plural.

Other meanings

  • surviveverb
  • persistverb

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