coexist

See also: coëxist and co-exist

English

Alternative forms

• co-exist (UK)
• coëxist

Etymology

From co- +‎ exist. Compare Latin coexsistō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

coexist (third-person singular simple present coexists, present participle coexisting, simple past and past participle coexisted)

1. (intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

   peacefully coexist

   learn to coexist

   coexist with others

   Different religions can coexist peacefully in one society.

   Humans and wildlife must coexist in fragile ecosystems.

Related terms

• coexistence
• coexistent

Translations

exist contemporaneously

• Arabic: تَعَايَشَ (taʕāyaša)
• Armenian: գոյակցել (hy) (goyakcʻel)
• Belarusian: суіснава́ць impf (suisnavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: съществу́вам едновре́менно impf (săštestvúvam ednovrémenno)
• Catalan: coexistir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共存 (zh) (gòngcún), 並存 / 并存 (zh) (bìngcún)

• Czech: koexistovat impf
• Danish: sameksistere
• Dutch: co-existeren (nl), samengaan (nl), naast elkaar bestaan
• Esperanto: kunekzisti
• Finnish: olla yhtä aikaa olemassa, elää rinnakkain
• French: coexister (fr)
• Galician: coexistir
• Georgian: თანაარსებობს (tanaarsebobs)
• German: koexistieren (de)
• Hebrew: התקיים בצוותא (hitkayém b'tsavta)
• Ido: kunexistar (io)
• Italian: coesistere (it)
• Japanese: 共存する (ja) (きょうぞんする, kyōzon suru)
• Korean: 공존하다 (gongjonhada)
• Latin: coexsistō
• Latvian: līdzāspastāvēt
• Macedonian: сопостои impf (sopostoi), коегзисти́ра impf (koegzistíra)
• Manx: co-veaghey
• Māori: noho tahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sameksistere

• Polish: współistnieć impf, koegzystować impf
• Portuguese: coexistir (pt)
• Romanian: a coexista (ro)
• Russian: сосуществова́ть (ru) impf (sosuščestvovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коегзисти́рати impf

  Latin: koegzistírati (sh) impf

• Slovak: koexistovať impf
• Slovene: sobivati impf, soobstajati impf
• Spanish: coexistir (es)
• Swedish: samexistera (sv)
• Ukrainian: співіснува́ти (uk) impf (spivisnuváty)

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