student
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstjuː.dənt/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dənt/
- Hyphenation: stu‧dent
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːdənt
Noun
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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, 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, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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).
Antonyms
Derived terms
- art student
- A student
- exchange student
- grad student
- graduate student
- graduate student descent
- high school student
- honor student
- international student
- legacy student
- mature-age student
- mature student
- medical student
- middle school student
- mud student
- non-traditional student
- nontraditional student
- parent-teacher-student association
- primary school student
- professional student
- student body
- student council
- student driver
- student ghetto
- studenthood
- student hour
- studential
- studentish
- studentless
- student loan
- studently
- student number
- student strike
- student syndrome
- student teacher
- student union
- student voice
- studenty
- tertiary student
- traditional student
- transfer student
Translations
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See also
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstudɛnt]
audio (file)
Noun
student m anim (feminine studentka, related adjective studentský)
Declension
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Latin studēns, a present participle of studēre (“to favour, study”). Compare also student, Student.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sd̥uˈd̥enˀd̥]
Noun
student c (singular definite studenten, plural indefinite studenter)
- a person who has graduated from gymnasium
- student (at a university)
- Synonym: studerende
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterne |
genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternes |
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /styˈdɛnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stu‧dent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: student (dated)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊd̪ɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈst̪uːd̪en̪t̪]
Lower Sorbian
Noun
student m pers (feminine studentka)
- student (person who studies an academic subject; person enrolled at a university)
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studenter, definite plural studentene)
- a student (at university or college)
Derived terms
References
- “student” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stʉːdɛnt/
Noun
student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studentar, definite plural studentane)
- a student (person enrolled at a university)
Derived terms
References
- “student” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Student.[1][2] First attested in the 16th century.[3] Compare Kashubian sztudent and Silesian sztudynt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstu.dɛnt/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈstu.dɛnt/, /ˈstu.dent/
Audio 1 (file) Audio 2 (file) - Rhymes: -udɛnt
- Syllabification: stu‧dent
Noun
student m pers (female equivalent studentka, diminutive studencik or studenciak, augmentative studencina)
Declension
Related terms
- studencko
- studenckość
- studenteria
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), student is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 4 times in scientific texts, 44 times in news, 25 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 80 times, making it the 809th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]
References
- Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “student”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “student”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “student”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Ida Kurcz (1990) “student”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 567
Further reading
- student in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- student in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “STUDENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2010
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “student”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “student”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “student”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 483
Romanian
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stǔdent/
- Hyphenation: stu‧dent
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɵˈdɛnt/
audio (Gotland) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
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)
- (informal) person who has recently finished studies at a gymnasium
Declension
Declension of student | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | student | studenten | studenter | studenterna |
Genitive | students | studentens | studenters | studenternas |
Derived terms
- studentexamen
- studentkår
- studentmössa
- studentorkester
- studentoverall
- studentsång
- ta studenten
See also
Tatar
Declension
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