English Dictionary
Definition of “extinct”
extinct (ɪkˈstɪŋkt
)
Definitions
adjective
- (of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out
- quenched or extinguished
- (of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive
- void or obsolete ⇒
an extinct political office
Word Origin
C15: from Latin exstinctus quenched, from exstinguere to extinguish
Translations
- British English:
extinct
If a species of animals is extinct, it no longer has any living members....the most recently distinct dinosaur ever discovered.ɪkˈstɪŋkt ADJECTIVE ...the most recently distinct dinosaur ever discovered.
- Spanish:
extinto
adj extinta
- French:
disparu
adj
- German:
ausgestorben
adj
- Chinese: 灭绝的 adj
- Arabic: مُنْقَرِض adj
- Portuguese: extinto adj extinta
- Russian: вымерший adj вымершая
- Croatian: izumro adj izumrla
- Czech: vyhynulý adj
- Danish: uddød adj
- Dutch: uitgestorven adj
- Finnish: sukupuuttoon kuollut adj
- Greek: εξαφανισμένος adj εξαφανισμένη
- Italian: estinto adj estinta
- Japanese: 絶滅した no_posp
- Korean: 멸종한 adj
- Norwegian: utdødd adj
- Polish: wymarły adj wymarła
- Brazilian Portuguese: extinto adj extinta
- European Spanish:
extinto
adj extinta
- Swedish: utdöd adj utdött
- Thai: สูญพันธุ์ adj
- Turkish: soyu tükenmiş adj
- Vietnamese: tuyệt chủng adj
Usage examples
But a newly arrived fax had given Collar fresh cause to hesitate before declaring the Spix extinct.
Tony Juniper, SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)Having discovered ancient fossils of the plant, specialists had assumed the Wollemi was extinct.
Country Life (2005)Mr. Hussein, by contrast, is the deposed leader of an extinct regime.
Globe and Mail (2003)With problems like this, it's no wonder he ended up extinct.
Sun, News of the World (2004){ crater lake } A lake occupying a caldera of a dormant or extinct volcano.
Jilbert, John, Geography Basic Facts (1983)
