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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Translations to be checked

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} aahassooagh

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