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.dn̩t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dn̩t/, /ˈstu.dənt/
- Hyphenation: stu‧dent
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NounEdit
student (plural students)
- A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
- 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: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by 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.
- 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.
- (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).
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (person who studies a particular subject): candlewaster, scholar; devotee, disciple
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Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
person who studies a subject
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person enrolled at a school, university or other education institution
person enrolled at a university
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schoolchild, pupil, person attending school — see schoolchild
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AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m anim
- student (academic, at university)
DeclensionEdit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | student | studenti |
| genitive | studenta | studentů |
| dative | studentu, studentovi | studentům |
| accusative | studenta | studenty |
| vocative | studente | studenti |
| locative | studentu, studentovi | studentech |
| instrumental | studentem | studenty |
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Related termsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- student in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- student in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DanishEdit
NounEdit
student
DeclensionEdit
Declension of student
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterne |
| genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternes |
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French estudiant (“student”), from Latin studens, present participle of studere (“to study”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
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
Declension of student
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Derived termsEdit
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.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
student m pers (feminine studentka)
- student (academic, at university)
DeclensionEdit
declension of student
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | student | studenci |
| genitive | studenta | studentów |
| dative | studentowi | studentom |
| accusative | studenta | studentów |
| instrumental | studentem | studentami |
| locative | studencie | studentach |
| vocative | studencie | studenci |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- student in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)
DeclensionEdit
declension of student
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
See alsoEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)
- student (usually at a college or university)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of student
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | student | studenti |
| genitive | studenta | studenata |
| dative | studentu | studentima |
| accusative | studenta | studente |
| vocative | studente | studenti |
| locative | studentu | studentima |
| instrumental | studentom | studentima |
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of student | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterna |
| Genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternas |
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
TatarEdit
NounEdit
student
DeclensionEdit
declension of student
| Nominative | student |
|---|---|
| Genitive | studentnıñ |
| Dative | studentqa |
| Accusative | studentnı |
| Locative | studentta |
| Ablative | studenttan |