student
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to study + -ent.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstjuː.dənt/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dənt/
- Hyphenation: stu‧dent
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NounEdit
student (plural students)
- A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
- Synonyms: candlewaster, scholar, devotee, disciple
- She is a student of human interactions.
- He is a student of life.
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii], page 271, column 1:
- I am not tall enough to become the function well, nor leane enough to bee thought a good Studient : but to be ſaid an honeſt man and a good houſkeeper goes as fairely, as to ſay, a carefull man, & a great ſcholler. The Competitors enter.
- 1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, third printing edition, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, LCCN 66-19103, page 6:
- The student of marine life in Southern California should become aware that […] a great many changes have taken place during the past century that have modified the characters of the plant and animal communities of the seashore.
- A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
- The students were out raising funds for rag week.
- a. 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, “Essay XII”, in The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith, volume III, Edinburgh: Geo. Mudie, published 1792, page 71:
- In general, alſo, it may be obſerved, that a greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character of a ſtudent in England than elſewhere ; by which means our clergy have an opportunity of ſeeing better company while young, and of ſooner wearing off thoſe prejudices which they are apt to imbibe even in the beſt regulated univerſities, and which may be juſtly termed the vulgar errors of the wiſe.
- 1868, Charles Haight Farnham, quoting Francis Parkman, Autobiography, quoted in “Spiritual Growth”, in A Life of Francis Parkman, Toronto: George N. Morang and Company, published 1900, page 321:
- In behalf of manhood and common sense, he would protest against such a conclusion ; and if any pale student, glued to his desk here, seek an apology for a way of life whose natural fruit is that pallid and emasculate scholarship of which New England has had too many examples, it will be far better that this sketch had not been written.
- 1971, Johnson, Lyndon, The Vantage Point[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, LCCN 74-102146, OCLC 1067880747, page 180:
- A handful of young students bent on showing their patriotism had stirred up more trouble than they possibly could have imagined.
- (in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
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NounEdit
student (plural studente)
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m anim (feminine studentka)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | student | studentové, studenti |
genitive | studenta | studentů |
dative | studentovi, studentu | studentům |
accusative | studenta | studenty |
vocative | studente | studentové, studenti |
locative | studentovi, studentu | studentech |
instrumental | studentem | studenty |
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Further readingEdit
- student in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- student in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- student in Internetová jazyková příručka
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin studēns, a present participle of studēre (“to favour, study”). Compare also student, Student.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student c (singular definite studenten, plural indefinite studenter)
- a person who has graduated from gymnasium
- student (at a university)
- Synonym: studerende
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common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterne |
genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternes |
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin studēns, present participle of studēre (“to study”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)
- (Netherlands) A student at an institute for academic tertiary education.
- (Belgium, Suriname) A student at an institute for secondary or tertiary education. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
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- → Papiamentu: student (dated)
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊd̪ɛn̪t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈst̪uːd̪en̪t̪]
VerbEdit
student
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.
NounEdit
student m (feminine equivalent studentka)
- student (person who studies an academic subject; person enrolled at a university)
DeclensionEdit
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | student | studenta | studenty |
Genitive | studenta | studentowu | studentow |
Dative | studentoju | studentoma | studentam |
Accusative | studenta | studentowu | studenty, studentow |
Instrumental | studentom | studentoma | studentami |
Locative | studenśe | studentoma | studentach |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.
NounEdit
student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studenter, definite plural studentene)
- a student (at university or college)
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ReferencesEdit
- “student” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studentar, definite plural studentane)
- a student (person enrolled at a university)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “student” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PiedmonteseEdit
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NounEdit
student m
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
An internationalism from English student, German Student or Russian студе́нт (studént), ultimately from Latin studēns.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m pers (feminine studentka)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | student | studenci |
genitive | studenta | studentów |
dative | studentowi | studentom |
accusative | studenta | studentów |
instrumental | studentem | studentami |
locative | studencie | studentach |
vocative | studencie | studenci |
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Further readingEdit
- student in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- student in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) student | studentul | (niște) studenți | studenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) student | studentului | (unor) studenți | studenților |
vocative | studentule | studenților |
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)
- student (usually at a college or university)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | student | studenti |
genitive | studenta | studenata |
dative | studentu | studentima |
accusative | studenta | studente |
vocative | studente | studenti |
locative | studentu | studentima |
instrumental | studentom | studentima |
SwedishEdit
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NounEdit
student c
- a student; someone who studies an academic subject
- a person enrolled at a university
- (before 1968) person with a diploma from a gymnasium (upper secondary school)
- (colloquial) person who has finished studies at a gymnasium
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Declension of student | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterna |
Genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternas |
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TatarEdit
NounEdit
student
DeclensionEdit
Nominative | student |
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Genitive | studentnıñ |
Dative | studentqa |
Accusative | studentnı |
Locative | studentta |
Ablative | studenttan |