noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌkəʊ.ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
/ˌkəʊ.əɡˈzɪs.təns/weak vowel merger
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CMU ARPABET:K OW2 IH0 G Z IH1 S T AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
existing peacefully together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: being, beingness, existence
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English existence English coexistence From co- + existence.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَعَايُش
(taʕāyuš)
— two or more things existing together
Armenian:
գոյակցություն
(goyakcʻutʻyun)
— two or more things existing together
Armenian:
համագոյատեւում
(hamagoyatewum)
— two or more things existing together
Azerbaijani:
birgəyaşayış
— two or more things existing together
Azerbaijani:
birgəmövcudluq
— two or more things existing together
Azerbaijani:
yanaşı yaşama
— two or more things existing together
Belarusian:
суіснава́нне
(suisnavánnje)
— two or more things existing together
Bulgarian:
съвме́стно съществу́ване
(sǎvméstno sǎštestvúvane)
— two or more things existing together
Bulgarian:
съжителство
(sǎžitelstvo)
— two or more things existing together
Catalan:
coexistència
— two or more things existing together
Chinese Mandarin:
兩立 /两立
(liǎnglì)
— two or more things existing together
Chinese Mandarin:
共存
(gòngcún)
— two or more things existing together
Czech:
spolubytí
— two or more things existing together
Czech:
koexistence
— two or more things existing together
Danish:
sameksistens
— two or more things existing together
Danish:
koeksistens
— two or more things existing together
Dutch:
co-existentie
— two or more things existing together
Esperanto:
kunekzistado
— two or more things existing together
Estonian:
kooseksisteerimine
— two or more things existing together
Finnish:
yhteiselo
— two or more things existing together
Finnish:
rinnakkaiselo
— two or more things existing together
French:
coexistence
— two or more things existing together
Georgian:
თანაარსებობა
(tanaarseboba)
— two or more things existing together
German:
Koexistenz
— two or more things existing together
German:
Zusammenleben
— two or more things existing together
Greek:
συνύπαρξη
(synýparxi)
— two or more things existing together
Hebrew:
דּוּ־קִיּוּם
(du-kiyúm)
— two or more things existing together
Hindi:
सहजीवन
(sahjīvan)
— two or more things existing together
Hungarian:
együttélés
— two or more things existing together
Indonesian:
koeksistensi
— two or more things existing together
Italian:
coesistenza
— two or more things existing together
Japanese:
共存
(kyōzon)
— two or more things existing together
Korean:
공존
(gongjon)
— two or more things existing together
Macedonian:
сосуштествување
(sosuštestvuvanje)
— two or more things existing together
Macedonian:
соживот
(soživot)
— two or more things existing together
Macedonian:
коегзистенција
(koegzistencija)
— two or more things existing together
Manx:
co-veaghey
— two or more things existing together
Norwegian Bokmål:
sameksistens
— two or more things existing together
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sameksistens
— two or more things existing together
Persian:
هَمزیستی
(hamzisti)
— two or more things existing together
Polish:
współistnienie
— two or more things existing together
Polish:
koegzystencja
— two or more things existing together
Portuguese:
coexistência
— two or more things existing together
Portuguese:
convívio
— two or more things existing together
Romanian:
coexistență
— two or more things existing together
Russian:
сосуществова́ние
(sosuščestvovánije)
— two or more things existing together
Russian:
совме́стное существова́ние
(sovméstnoje suščestvovánije)
— two or more things existing together
Serbo-Croatian:
коегзистѐнција
— two or more things existing together
Serbo-Croatian:
су̏живот
— two or more things existing together
Serbo-Croatian:
koegzistèncija
— two or more things existing together
Serbo-Croatian:
sȕživot
— two or more things existing together
Slovak:
koexistencia
— two or more things existing together
Slovak:
spolužitie
— two or more things existing together
Slovene:
sobivanje
— two or more things existing together
Slovene:
sožitje
— two or more things existing together
Spanish:
coexistencia
— two or more things existing together
Swedish:
samexistens
— two or more things existing together
Tajik:
ҳамзистӣ
(hamzisti)
— two or more things existing together
Ukrainian:
співіснува́ння
(spivisnuvánnja)
— two or more things existing together
