subsister
French → English
(survival) To subsist: to maintain life or support oneself, especially with limited resources; to survive
Ceux qui n'ont pour subsister que leurs salaires ont du mal en fin de mois.
(English) Those who have only their wages to subsist on struggle at the end of the month.
Les naufragés ont dû subsister en mangeant des racines et des insectes.
(English) The castaways had to subsist by eating roots and insects.
(persistence) To remain: to continue to exist or be valid after a long time; to endure
Les pyramides d’Égypte subsistent depuis bien des siècles malgré l'érosion.
(English) The pyramids of Egypt have remained for many centuries despite erosion.
Cette loi datant de l'époque napoléonienne subsiste encore dans le code civil.
(English) This law dating from the Napoleonic era still remains in the civil code.
Entry ID: fr:en:subsister · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary