vivant
French → English
(biology) Living: describing an organism that possesses life and biological organization
La biologie étudie les organismes vivants et leur évolution.
(English) Biology studies living organisms and their evolution.
Un organisme vivant doit utiliser de l'énergie pour se maintenir.
(English) A living organism must use energy to maintain itself.
(status) Alive: currently in a state of life rather than being deceased
J’aimerais mieux, ma foi, que l’individu fût vivant.
(English) I would much rather, indeed, that the individual were alive.
Le garde me mettrait en prison s'il trouvait du bois vivant.
(English) The ranger would put me in jail if he found live wood in my bundle.
(durability) Vivid: describing something that persists or remains active over time
La chanson de Carmen est plus vivante que jamais aujourd'hui.
(English) Carmen's song is more vivid than ever today.
Ce terme régional est encore très vivant dans le Mâconnais.
(English) This regional term is still very active in the Mâconnais area.
Entry ID: fr:en:vivant · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary