student

See also: Student, stüdent, and študent

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French estudiant (“student”), from Latin studens, present participle of studere (“to study”). Related to study.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstjuːd(ə)nt/, /ˈst͡ʃuːd(ə)nt/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstuːd(ə)nt/

• Audio (US)

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NounEdit

student (plural students)

1. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.

   A student of philosophy.

2. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.

   He is a student of life.

3. A person enrolled at a university.

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

4. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.

SynonymsEdit

• (person who studies a particular subject): candlewaster, scholar
• (person seriously devoted to some subject): devotee
• (schoolchild): pupil, schoolchild
• disciple

AntonymsEdit

• teacher

TranslationsEdit

person who studies an academic subject

• Afrikaans: student
• Albanian: student (sq)
• Amharic: ተማሪ (tämari)
• Arabic: طَالِب‏‎ m (ṭālib), طَالِبَة‏‎ f (ṭāliba)

  Egyptian Arabic: طالب‏‎ m (ṭāleb), طالبة‏‎ f (ṭāleba)

• Armenian: ուսանող (hy) (usanoł)
• Assamese: ছাত্ৰ
• Asturian: estudiante m, f
• Azeri: tələbə (az)
• Basque: ikasle
• Belarusian: студэ́нт m (studént), студэ́нтка f (studéntka)
• Bengali: ছাত্র (chatr)
• Bole: pukara
• Bulgarian: студе́нт m (studént), студе́нтка f (studéntka)
• Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (my) (kyaung:sa:), ကျောင်းသူ (my) (kyaung:su) (female)
• Catalan: estudiant (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 學生, 学生 (hok⁶ saang¹, hok⁶ sang¹)

  Mandarin: 學生 (zh), 学生 (zh) (xuéshēng)

  Min Nan: 學生 (zh-min-nan), 学生 (ha̍k-seng)

• Czech: student (cs) m, studentka (cs) f
• Danish: studerende (da) c
• Dutch: student (nl) m, studente (nl) f
• Esperanto: (university, ♂♀) studento, (university, explicitly ♂) virstudento, (university, explicitly ♀) studentino (eo), (university, collective ♂♀) gestudentoj, (♂♀) studanto, (explicitly ♂) virstudanto, (explicitly ♀) studantino, (collective ♂♀) gestudantoj
• Estonian: üliõpilane, tudeng, õpilane
• Faroese: lesandi
• Finnish: opiskelija (fi), tutkija (fi)
• French: étudiant (fr) m, étudiante (fr) f, élève (fr) m
• Galician: estudante m, f
• Georgian: სტუდენტი (sṭudenṭi)
• German: Student (de) m, Studierender (de) m, Hochschüler (de) m; (female) Studentin (de) f, Studierende f, Hochschülerin (de) f
• Greek: σπουδαστής (el) m (spoudastís), σπουδάστρια (el) f (spoudástria)
• Gujarati: વિદ્યાર્થી (vidyārthī)
• Hausa: ɗalibi (ha)
• Hawaiian: haumāna
• Hebrew: סְטוּדֶנְט‏‎ (he) m (student)
• Hiligaynon: estudyante, palatuon
• Hindi: विद्यार्थी (hi) m, f (vidyārthī), छात्र (hi) m, f (chātra)
• Hungarian: hallgató (hu), tanuló (hu), diák (hu)
• Icelandic: nemandi (is) m
• Indonesian: murid (id), pelajar (id), siswa (id) m, siswi (id) f
• Irish: mac léinn
• Italian: studente (it) m, studentessa f
• Japanese: 学生 (ja) (がくせい, gakusei)
• Kalmyk: оютн (oyutn)
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ (kn) (vidyārthi)
• Kazakh: студент (kk) (stwdent), оқушысы (oqwşısı)
• Khmer: កូនសិស្ស (koon səh), និស្សិត (km) (nihsət)
• Korean: 학생 (ko) (haksaeng) (學生 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قوتابی‏‎ (ku) (qutâbi), ته‌له‌به‌‏‎ (ku) (talaba)

• Kyrgyz: студент (ky) (student), окуучу (ky) (okuuçu)
• Lao: ນັກສຶກສາ (lo) (nak sưk sā)
• Latin: studens m, f, n
• Latvian: students

• Lithuanian: studentas m
• Luhya: mwanafunzi
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: студент m (student)
• Malay: pelajar, murid
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി m (vidyār‍tthi), വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി f (vidyār‍tthini)
• Maltese: student m, studenta f
• Manchu: ^{(please verify)} tacisi
• Maori: ākonga
• Mongolian: оюутан (mn) (ojuutan), ᠰᠤᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (suruɣči)
• Navajo: ółtaʼí
• Norwegian: student
• Occitan: estudiant m
• Oriya: ଛାତ୍ର (or) (chātra), ଚାଟ (or) (cāṭ)
• Ottoman Turkish: تلميذ‏‎ (tilmiz), طالب‏‎ (talib), درسخوان‏‎ (darshuan)
• Pashto: محصل‏‎ (ps) m (mohasél), طالب‏‎ (ps) (tāléb)
• Persian: دانشجو‏‎ (fa) (dânešju), طالب‏‎ (fa) (tâleb)
• Polish: student (pl) m, studentka (pl) f
• Portuguese: estudante (pt) m f, aluno (pt) m
• Quechua: yachakuq (qu)
• Romanian: student (ro) m, studentă (ro) f
• Romansch: student m, studenta f (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), studentessa f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• Russian: студе́нт (ru) m (studént), студе́нтка (ru) f (studéntka), уча́щийся (ru) m (učáščijsja), уча́щаяся (ru) f (učáščajasja)
• Sanskrit: शिष्य (sa) m, f (śiṣya), छात्र (sa) (chātra)
• Scots: collegianer
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: студент m

  Roman: student (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ශිෂ්යයා (śiṣyayā)
• Slovak: študent m
• Slovene: študent (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: student m, studentka f

• Spanish: estudiante (es) m, f
• Swahili: mwanafunzi (sw), mwanachuo (sw), mwanagenzi (sw), mwanafunzi (sw)
• Swedish: student (sv) c, studentska (sv) c (female student), elev (sv) c
• Tagalog: estudyante (tl), mag-aaral
• Tajik: донишҷӯ (tg) (donišjü), толиб (tolib)
• Tamil: கற்பவன் (ta) (kaṟpavaṉ)
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) m (vidyārthi)
• Thai: นักเรียน (th) (nák-riian)
• Tibetan: སློབ་མ (slob ma), སློབ་ཕྲུག (slob phrug)
• Tigrinya: ተመሃራይ (tämäharay)
• Turkish: öğrenci (tr)
• Turkmen: student, talyp, okuwçy
• Ukrainian: студе́нт m (studént), студе́нтка f (studéntka)
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم‏‎ (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر‏‎ m, f (chātra)
• Uyghur: ئوقوغۇچى‏‎ (oqoghuchi)
• Uzbek: student (uz), talaba (uz) m, o'quvchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: học sinh (vi) (學生), sinh viên (vi) (生員)
• Volapük: (♂♀) studan (vo), (♂) histudan, (♀) jistudan, (collective ♂♀) studanef, (collective ♂) histudanef, (collective ♀) jistudanef
• Welsh: myfyriwr (cy) m, myfyrwraig f
• Yiddish: סטודענט‏‎ m (student), תּלמיד‏‎ m (talmid)
• Zazaki: taleb
• Zhuang: lwghag, hagseng

person seriously devoted to some subject

• Arabic: طَالِب‏‎ m (ṭālib), طَالِبَة‏‎ f (ṭāliba), تِلْمِيذ‏‎ m (tilmīḏ), تِلْمِيذَة‏‎ f (tilmīḏa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 學生, 学生 (hok⁶ saang¹, hok⁶ sang¹)

  Mandarin: 學生 (zh), 学生 (zh) (xuéshēng)

  Min Nan: 學生 (zh-min-nan), 学生 (ha̍k-seng)

• Danish: studerende (da) c
• Dutch: student (nl) m, studente (nl) f
• Esperanto: (university, ♂♀) studento, (university, explicitly ♂) virstudento, (university, explicitly ♀) studentino (eo), (university, collective ♂♀) gestudentoj, (♂♀) studanto, (explicitly ♂) virstudanto, (explicitly ♀) studantino, (collective ♂♀) gestudantoj
• Estonian: õppija
• Finnish: tutkija (fi)
• Greek: μελετητής (el) m (meletitís)
• Hawaiian: haumāna

• Hindi: विद्यार्थि m, f (vidyārthi), छात्र (hi) m, f (chātra)
• Italian: studioso (it) m
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി m (vidyār‍tthi), വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി f (vidyār‍tthini)
• Old English: geongra m
• Old Saxon: giungaro m, jungaro m
• Portuguese: estudioso (pt) m, estudante (pt) m f
• Spanish: estudiante (es) m, f
• Swahili: mwanafunzi (sw), mwanachuo (sw)
• Swedish: student (sv) c, studentska (sv) c (a female student)
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) m (vidyārthi)
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم‏‎ (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر‏‎ (chātra)
• Vietnamese: người chăm chỉ (vi)

person enrolled at a university

• Arabic: طَالِب‏‎ m (ṭālib), طَالِبَة‏‎ f (ṭāliba)
• Armenian: ուսանող (hy) (usanoł)
• Basque: ikasle
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 學生, 学生 (hok⁶ saang¹, hok⁶ sang¹)

  Mandarin: 學生 (zh), 学生 (zh) (xuéshēng)

  Min Nan: 學生 (zh-min-nan), 学生 (ha̍k-seng)

• Czech: student (cs) m
• Danish: studerende (da) c
• Dutch: student (nl) m, studente (nl) f
• Esperanto: (university, ♂♀) studento, (university, explicitly ♂) virstudento, (university, explicitly ♀) studentino (eo), (university, collective ♂♀) gestudentoj
• Estonian: üliõpilane
• Finnish: opiskelija (fi), ylioppilas (fi)
• French: étudiant (fr) m, étudiante (fr) f
• German: Student (de) m, Hochschüler (de) m; (female) Studentin (de) f, Hochschülerin (de) f; (in "politcally correct" language) Studierender (de) m; (in "politcally correct" language, female) Studierende f
• Greek: φοιτητής (el) m (foititís), φοιτήτρια (el) f (foitítria)
• Hawaiian: haumāna
• Hiligaynon: estudyante, palatuon
• Hindi: विद्यार्थि m, f (vidyārthi), छात्र (hi) m, f (chātra)
• Indonesian: mahasiswa (id) m, mahasiswi (id) f
• Italian: studente (it) m, studentessa f
• Japanese: 学生 (ja) (がくせい, gakusei)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قوتابی‏‎ (ku) (qutAbee), ته‌له‌به‌‏‎ (ku) (talaba)

• Latin: discipulus (la) m, discipula f, discipulum n, discens m, f, n, studens m, f, n
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി m (vidyār‍tthi), വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി f (vidyār‍tthini)
• Norwegian: student m
• Pashto: محصل‏‎ (ps) m, محصله‏‎ f
• Polish: student (pl) m, studentka (pl) f
• Portuguese: estudante (pt) m f, académico (pt) m (Portugal), acadêmico (pt) (Brazil), aluno (pt) m
• Romanian: student (ro) m, studentă (ro) f
• Russian: студе́нт (ru) m (studént), студе́нтка (ru) f (studéntka)
• Scottish Gaelic: oileanach m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: student m, studentka f

• Spanish: estudiante (es) m, f, alumno (es) m, alumna (es) f
• Swahili: mwanafunzi (sw), mwanachuo (sw)
• Swedish: student (sv) c, studentska (sv) c (female student)
• Tagalog: estudyante (tl), mag-aaral
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) m (vidyārthi)
• Thai: นักศึกษา (th) (nák-sʉ̀k-sǎa)
• Turkish: üniversiteli (tr), üniversite öğrencisi
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم‏‎ (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر‏‎ (chātra)
• Vietnamese: học sinh (vi) (學生), sinh viên (vi) (生員)
• Volapük: (♂♀) studan (vo), (♂) histudan, (♀) jistudan, (collective ♂♀) studanef, (collective ♂) histudanef, (collective ♀) jistudanef
• Welsh: myfyriwr (cy) m, myfywraig f

schoolchild — see schoolchild

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} discipulus (la) m, ^{(please verify)} discipula f
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} оюутан (ojuutan), ^{(please verify)} сурагч (suragč)

• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} người nghiên cứu

AnagramsEdit

• stunted

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch student.

NounEdit

student (plural studente)

1. student

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

student m

1. student (academic, at university)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of student

	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

Derived termsEdit

• studentský

Related termsEdit

• studium
• studovna
• studovat

Further readingEdit

• student in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• student in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

student

1. someone who has graduated from the gymnasium

DeclensionEdit

Declension of student

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	student	studenten	studenter	studenterne
genitive	students	studentens	studenters	studenternes

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Hyphenation: stu‧dent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

EtymologyEdit

From Old French estudiant (“student”), from Latin studens, present participle of studere (“to study”).

NounEdit

student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)

1. student

Related termsEdit

• studeren

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

student

1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

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Lower SorbianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

NounEdit

student m (feminine equivalent studentka)

1. 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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from German Student, from Latin studēns.

NounEdit

student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studenter, definite plural studentene)

1. a student (at university or college)

Derived termsEdit

• medisinstudent

ReferencesEdit

• “student” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from German Student, from Latin studēns.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /stʉːdɛnt/ (example of pronunciation)

NounEdit

student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studentar, definite plural studentane)

1. a student (person enrolled at a university)

Derived termsEdit

• medisinstudent

ReferencesEdit

• “student” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

student m pers

1. 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

• studencki

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RomanianEdit

NounEdit

student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

1. college student

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

• elev
• elevă

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /stǔdent/
• Hyphenation: stu‧dent

NounEdit

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

1. student (usually on a college)

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

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /stɵˈdɛnt/

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NounEdit

student c

1. a student; someone who studies an academic subject
2. a person enrolled at a university
3. (before 1968) person with a diploma from a gymnasium (upper secondary school)
4. (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

• studentexamen
• studentkår
• studentmössa
• studentorkester
• studentoverall
• studentsång

See alsoEdit

• ta studenten

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TatarEdit

NounEdit

student

1. student

DeclensionEdit

    declension of student

Nominative	student
Genitive	studentnıñ
Dative	studentqa
Accusative	studentnı
Locative	studentta
Ablative	studenttan

ReferencesEdit

• universitetnı tämamlağan student ikän