postulant
English
editEtymology
editFrom French postulant, present participle of postuler.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/, /ˈpɒstʃʊlənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editpostulant (plural postulants)
- (religion) A person seeking admission to a religious order.
- 2020, Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience, page 81:
- After their six-month postulancies are over and they have mastered all the chants and books of monastic regulations, the postulants are finally ready to ordain as novice monks […]
- A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1254:
- But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editVerb
editpostulant
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French postulant.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpostulant m (plural postulanten)
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpostulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)
- applicant (person who applies for something)
- postulant (person seeking admission to a religious order)
Participle
editpostulant
Further reading
edit- “postulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editpostulant
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin postulāns.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpostulant m pers (female equivalent postulantka)
Declension
editDeclension of postulant
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | postulant | postulanci/postulanty (deprecative) |
genitive | postulanta | postulantów |
dative | postulantowi | postulantom |
accusative | postulanta | postulantów |
instrumental | postulantem | postulantami |
locative | postulancie | postulantach |
vocative | postulancie | postulanci |
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French postulant.
Noun
editpostulant m (plural postulanți, feminine equivalent postulantă)
- (rare) person who seeks a post
- Synonym: solicitant
Declension
editDeclension of postulant
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) postulant | postulantul | (niște) postulanți | postulanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) postulant | postulantului | (unor) postulanți | postulanților |
vocative | postulantule | postulanților |
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