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From Late Middle English extinct (“eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”), from Latin extīnctus, exstīnctus (“extinguished, quenched; destroyed, killed; made extinct”), the perfect passive participles of extinguō, exstinguō (“to extinguish, put out, quench; (figurative) to abolish; to destroy, kill”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + stinguō (“to extinguish, put out, quench”) (from Proto-Indo-European *stengw- (“to push”)). The Middle English word displaced Middle English aqueint, aquenched (“extinct; extinguished”). Doublet of extinguish.

Either: * from Latin extīnctus, exstīnctus, a noun use of the perfect passive participle of extinguō, exstinguō (see etymology 1); or * from the verb (see etymology 2).

From Middle English extincten (“to extinguish or put out (a fire, light, etc.); to destroy, kill; (figurative) to suppress (an uprising); (law) to quash or stop (legal proceedings); to cancel (a privilege, title, etc.); (medicine) to eliminate or reduce (inflammation, an ulcer, etc.)”), from extinct (adjective) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հանգած (hangac) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Armenian: մարած (marac) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Azerbaijani: sönmüş — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Bulgarian: изгаснал (izgasnal) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Catalan: extint — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Dutch: uit — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Dutch: uitgedoofd — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Finnish: sammunut — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• French: éteint — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• German: erloschen — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Hebrew: כבוי (kavuy) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Hungarian: elhamvadt — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Hungarian: kialudt — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Indonesian: mati — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Indonesian: padam — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Japanese: 消えた (kieta) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Korean: 멸종된 (myeoljongdoen) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Lithuanian: užgesęs — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Macedonian: изумрен (izumren) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Polish: wygasły — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Polish: zagasły — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Portuguese: apagado — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Portuguese: extinguido — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Russian: поту́хший (potúxšij) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Russian: уга́сший (ugásšij) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Spanish: extinto — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Swedish: släckt — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Swedish: slocknad — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Turkish: söndürülmek — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Ukrainian: згаслий (zhaslyj) — of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining — see also extinguished, quenched
• Finnish: hiipunut — of feelings, a person’s spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire — see also quenched, suppressed
• Dutch: in onbruik — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Finnish: kadonnut — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Finnish: poistunut — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Hungarian: megszűnt — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Japanese: 廃れた (sutareta) — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Lithuanian: nebenaudojamas — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Lithuanian: išnykęs — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Polish: martwy — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Portuguese: obsoleto — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Portuguese: ultrapassado — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Russian: устаре́вший (ustarévšij) — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Swedish: utdöd — of customs, offices, etc.: no longer existing or in use; of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it — see also defunct, discontinued, obsolete
• Arabic: مُنْقَرِض (munqariḍ) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Armenian: վերացած (veracʻac) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Azerbaijani: nəsli kəsilmiş — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Azerbaijani: münqəriz — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Bengali: নাস্তানাবুদ (nastanabud) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Bulgarian: измрял (izmrjal) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Catalan: extint — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Czech: vyhynulý — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Czech: vymřelý — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Danish: uddød — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Dutch: uitgestorven — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Esperanto: formortinta — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Faroese: útdeyður — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Finnish: sukupuuttoon kuollut — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• French: éteint — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• French: disparu — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Galician: extinto — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• German: ausgestorben — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hawaiian: halapohe — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hawaiian: make — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hawaiian: nalowale — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hebrew: נכחד (nikḥád) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hindi: विलुप्त (vilupt) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Hungarian: kihalt — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Indonesian: punah — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Japanese: 死に絶えた (shunitaeta) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Japanese: 絶滅した (zetsumetsu shita) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Korean: 멸종된 (myeoljongdoen) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Korean: 멸종한 (myeoljonghan) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Lithuanian: išnykęs — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Malay: pupus — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Norwegian Bokmål: utdødd — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utdødd — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utdøydd — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Persian: منقرض (monqarez) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Polish: wymarły — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Portuguese: extinto — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Russian: вы́мерший (výmeršij) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Slovak: vymretý — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Slovak: vyhynutý — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Spanish: extinto — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Swedish: utdöd — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Thai: สูญพันธุ์ (sǔun-pan) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Ukrainian: ви́мерлий (výmerlyj) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Welsh: diflanedig — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Yiddish: אויסגעשטאָרבן (oysgeshtorbn) — of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence
• Bulgarian: изгаснал (izgasnal) — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Catalan: extint — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Czech: vyhaslý — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Dutch: dood — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Dutch: slapend — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Dutch: uitgedoofd — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Finnish: sammunut — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Galician: extinto — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• German: erloschen — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Hebrew: כבוי (kavuy) — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Hungarian: kialudt — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Indonesian: mati — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Japanese: 死んだ (shinda) — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Lithuanian: užgesęs — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Malay: mati — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Polish: wygasły — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Portuguese: extinto — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Russian: поту́хший (potúxšij) — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Spanish: extinto — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Swedish: slocknad — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Welsh: marw — of a geological feature: no longer active; of a volcano: no longer erupting
• Finnish: hävinnyt — of a radioisotope: no longer occurring primordially due to having decayed away completely
• Azerbaijani: nəslini kəsmək — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Bulgarian: изтребвам (iztrebvam) — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Catalan: extingir — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Chinese: 斷種 /断种 (tňg-chéng, tn̄g-chéng, tūin-chéng) — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕種 /绝种 (juézhǒng) — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Chinese Mandarin: 滅種 /灭种 (mièzhǒng) — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Chinese Mandarin: 灭绝 (mièjué) — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Danish: udrydde — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Dutch: uitmoorden — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Finnish: tappaa sukupuuttoon — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Finnish: kalastaa sukupuuttoon — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Finnish: metsästää sukupuuttoon — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• German: auslöschen — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Lithuanian: išnaikinti — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Norwegian: utrydde — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct
• Polish: wymazać — to cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct