aspirant

See also: Aspirant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæspəɹənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): (nonstandard) /æsˈpaɪɹənt/

Noun

aspirant (plural aspirants)

1. Someone who aspires to high office, etc.

Translations

someone who aspires to high office, etc.

• Catalan: aspirant (ca) m or f
• Esperanto: aspiranto
• Finnish: havittelija (fi)
• French: aspirant (fr) m
• German: Aspirant (de) m, Aspirantin (de) f, Bewerber (de) m, Bewerberin (de) f, Anwärter (de) m, Anwärterin (de) f
• Italian: aspirante (it) m or f
• Latin: affectātor m
• Polish: aspirant (pl) m, aspirantka (pl) f
• Portuguese: aspirante (pt) m or f
• Spanish: aspirante m or f

Adjective

aspirant (comparative more aspirant, superlative most aspirant)

1. Seeking advancement.
2. Striving for recognition.

Derived terms

• aspirant nation
• aspirant state
• nonaspirant

 

Anagrams

• spartina, Partains, Sarpanit, partisan, tarapins, Paristan

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.piˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.piˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [as.piˈɾant]

Adjective

aspirant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aspirants)

1. aspiring

Noun

aspirant m or f by sense (plural aspirants)

1. aspirant

Related terms

• aspirar

Further reading

• “aspirant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

aspirant

1. gerund of aspirar

Danish

Noun

aspirant c (singular definite aspiranten, plural indefinite aspiranter)

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Declension

Declension of aspirant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aspirant	aspiranten	aspiranter	aspiranterne
genitive	aspirants	aspirantens	aspiranters	aspiranternes

Further reading

• “aspirant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

aspirant m (plural aspirants, feminine aspirante)

1. aspirant
2. (military) officer candidate, officer designate, midshipman

Descendants

• → German: Aspirant

Adjective

aspirant (feminine aspirante, masculine plural aspirants, feminine plural aspirantes)

1. aspiring
2. sucking, extracting

Participle

aspirant

1. present participle of aspirer

Further reading

• “aspirant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• partisan

Latin

Verb

aspīrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aspīrō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈpi.rant/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -irant
• Syllabification: as‧pi‧rant

Noun

aspirant m pers (female equivalent aspirantka)

1. (literary) aspirant, candidate
2. (law enforcement) warrant officer (in the police)
3. (historical) Candidate of Sciences

Declension

Declension of aspirant

	singular	plural
nominative	aspirant	aspiranci/aspiranty (deprecative)
genitive	aspiranta	aspirantów
dative	aspirantowi	aspirantom
accusative	aspiranta	aspirantów
instrumental	aspirantem	aspirantami
locative	aspirancie	aspirantach
vocative	aspirancie	aspiranci

Derived terms

adjective

• aspirancki

 

noun

• aspirantura

 

Related terms

adjective

• aspiracyjny

 

nouns

• aspiracja
• aspirata
• aspirator

 

verb

• aspirować

 

Further reading

• aspirant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aspirant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Noun

aspirant m (plural aspiranți)

1. aspirant

Declension

Declension of aspirant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aspirant	aspirantul	(niște) aspiranți	aspiranții
genitive/dative	(unui) aspirant	aspirantului	(unor) aspiranți	aspiranților
vocative	aspirantule		aspiranților