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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæɡnənt/

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

   a stagnant pool

   stagnant water

2. (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

   a stagnant economy

   stagnant prices

   their love had turned stagnant

• stagnant hypoxia
• stagnantly
• stagnancy

• 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 and neuter plural stagnante)

1. stagnant

• stagnant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)