stagnant

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

   a stagnant pool

   stagnant water

2. (figuratively) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

   a stagnant economy

   stagnant prices

• stagnantly
• stagnancy

• stagnate
• stagflation

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

stagnant (feminine singular stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)

1. stagnant

• “stagnant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).