student

See also Student, stúdent, and stüdent

English

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Etymology

From Latin studens, present participle of studere (“to study”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stjuːd(ə)nt/ or /stuːd(ə)nt/ in (US) and dialects with yod dropping.

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Noun

student (plural students)

1. A person who studies 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 North America) A schoolchild.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• teacher

Translations

person who studies an academic subject

• Afrikaans: student (af)
• Albanian: student (sq)
• Arabic: طالب (ar) (ṭālib) m, طالبة (ar) (ṭāliba) f
• Armenian: ուսանող (hy) (usanoġ)
• Asturian: estudiante (ast) m and f
• Azeri: tələbə (az)
• Basque: ikasle (eu)
• Belarusian: студэнт (be) (studént) m, студэнтка (be) (studéntka) f
• Bengali: ছাত্র (bn) (chatrô)
• Bulgarian: студент (bg) (studént) m, студентка (bg) (studéntka) f
• Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (my) (kyaung:sa:), ကျောင်းသူ (my) (kyaung:thu) (female)
• Catalan: estudiant (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: student (cs) m
• Danish: studerende (da) c
• Dutch: student (nl) m, studente (nl) f
• Esperanto: (university, ♂♀) studento (eo), (university, explicitly ♂) virstudento (eo), (university, explicitly ♀) studentino (eo), (university, collective ♂♀) gestudentoj (eo), (♂♀) studanto (eo), (explicitly ♂) virstudanto (eo), (explicitly ♀) studantino (eo), (collective ♂♀) gestudantoj (eo)
• Estonian: üliõpilane (et), tudeng (et), õpilane (et)
• Faroese: lesandi (fo)
• Finnish: opiskelija (fi), tutkija (fi)
• French: étudiant (fr) m, étudiante (fr) f, élève (fr) m
• Galician: estudante (gl) m and f
• Georgian: სტუდენტი (ka) (studenti)
• German: Student (de) m, Studentin (de) f, Studierender (de) m, Studierende (de) f, Hochschüler (de) m, Hochschülerin (de) f
• Greek: σπουδαστής (el) (spoudastís) m, σπουδάστρια (el) (spoudástria) f
• Gujarati: વિદ્યાર્થી (gu) (vidyārthī)
• Hebrew: סטודנט (he) (stodent)
• Hiligaynon: estudyante, palatuon
• Hindi: विद्यार्थी (hi) (vidyārthī) m and f, छात्र (hi) (chhātr) m and f
• 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 (ga)
• Italian: studente (it) m, studentessa (it) f
• Japanese: 学生 (ja) (がくせい, gakusei)
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ (kn) (vidyārthi)
• Kazakh: студент (kk) (stwdent)
• Khmer: កូនសិស្ស (km) (koon səh), និស្សិត (km) (nihsət)
• Korean: 학생 (ko) (haksaeng) (學生 (ko))
• Kurdish:

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

• Kyrgyz: студент (ky) (student)
• Lao: ນັກສຶກສາ (lo) (nak sưk sā)

• Latin: studens (la) m, f, and n
• Latvian: students (lv)
• Lithuanian: studentas (lt) m
• Luhya: mwanafunzi
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: студент (mk) (stúdent) m
• Malay: pelajar (ms)
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി (ml) (vidyārtthi) m, വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി (ml) (vidyārtthini) f
• Mongolian: оюутан (mn) (ojuutan)
• Navajo: ółtaʼí
• Norwegian: student (no)
• Occitan: estudiant (oc) m
• Oriya: ଛାତ୍ର (or) (chhātra), ଚାଟ (or)
• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: دانشجو (fa) (dânešju)
• Polish: student (pl) m, studentka (pl) f
• Portuguese: estudante (pt) m and f
• Romanian: student (ro) m, studentă (ro) f
• Romansch: student (rm) m, studenta (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), studentessa (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• Russian: студент (ru) (studént) m, студентка (ru) (studéntka) f, учащийся (ru) (učáščijsja) m, учащаяся (ru) (učáščajasja) f
• Sanskrit: शिष्य (sa) (śiṣya) m and f, छात्र (sa) (chātra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: студент (sh) m

  Roman: student (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ශිෂ්යයා (si) (śiṣyayā)
• Slovak: študent (sk) m
• Slovene: študent (sl) m
• Spanish: estudiante (es) m and 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 (tl)
• Tajik: донишҷӯ (tg) (donišjū)
• Tamil: கற்பவன் (ta) (kaṟpavaṉ)
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) (vidyārthi)
• Thai: นักศึกษา (th) (náksèuksǎa)
• Turkish: öğrenci (tr)
• Turkmen: student (tk), talyp (tk), okuwçy (tk)
• Ukrainian: студент (uk) (studént) m, студентка (uk) (studéntka) f
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم (ur) (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر (ur) (chātra) m and f
• Uzbek: student (uz), talaba (uz) m
• Vietnamese: học sinh (vi) (學生 (vi)), sinh viên (vi) (生員 (vi))
• Volapük: (♂♀) studan (vo), (♂) histudan (vo), (♀) jistudan (vo), (collective ♂♀) studanef (vo), (collective ♂) histudanef (vo), (collective ♀) jistudanef (vo)
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: סטודענט (yi) (student) m

person seriously devoted to some subject

• Arabic: طالب (ar) (ṭālib) m, طالبة (ar) (ṭāliba) f, تلميذ (ar) (tilmīḏ) m, تلميذة (ar) (tilmīḏa) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: studerende (da) c
• Dutch: student (nl) m, studente (nl) f
• Esperanto: (university, ♂♀) studento (eo), (university, explicitly ♂) virstudento (eo), (university, explicitly ♀) studentino (eo), (university, collective ♂♀) gestudentoj (eo), (♂♀) studanto (eo), (explicitly ♂) virstudanto (eo), (explicitly ♀) studantino (eo), (collective ♂♀) gestudantoj (eo)
• Estonian: õppija (et)

• Finnish: tutkija (fi)
• Greek: μελετητής (el) (meletitís) m
• Hindi: विद्यार्थि (hi) (vidyārthi), छात्र (hi) (ćhātra)
• Italian: studioso (it) m
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി (ml) (vidyaarthi) m, വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി (ml) (vidyaarthini) f
• Old English: geongra (ang) m
• Old Saxon: giungaro m, jungaro m
• Swahili: mwanafunzi (sw), mwanachuo (sw)
• Swedish: student (sv) c, studentska (sv) c (a female student)
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) (vidyaarthi)
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم (ur) (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر (ur) (ćhātra)
• Vietnamese: người chăm chỉ (vi)

person enrolled at a university

• Arabic: طالب (ar) (Taalib) m, طالبة (ar) (Taaliba) f
• Armenian: ուսանող (hy) (usanoġ)
• Basque: ikasle (eu)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Kurdish:

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

• Latin: discipulus (la) m, discipula (la) f, discipulum (la) n, discens (la) m, f, and n, studens (la) m, f, and n
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി (ml) (vidyaarthi) m, വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിനി (ml) (vidyaarthini) f
• Norwegian: student (no) m
• Polish: student (pl) m, studentka (pl) f
• Russian: студент (ru) (studént) m, студентка (ru) (studéntka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: oileanach (gd) m
• Spanish: estudiante (es) m and 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 (tl)
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) (vidyaarthi)
• Urdu: طالِب عِلم (ur) (t̤ālib ilm), چھاتر (ur) (ćhātra)
• Vietnamese: học sinh (vi) (學生 (vi)), sinh viên (vi) (生員 (vi))
• Volapük: (♂♀) studan (vo), (♂) histudan (vo), (♀) jistudan (vo), (collective ♂♀) studanef (vo), (collective ♂) histudanef (vo), (collective ♀) jistudanef (vo)

schoolchild — see schoolchild

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• Hawaiian: haumāna (haw)
• Latin: discipulus (la) m, discipula (la) f

• Mongolian: оюутан (mn) (ojuutan), сурагч (mn) (suragč)
• Vietnamese: người nghiên cứu (vi)

Anagrams

• stunted

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

student m

1. student (academic, at university)

Derived terms

• studentský

Related terms

• studium
• studovna
• studovat

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Noun

student m, f (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. student

Related terms

• studeren

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Latin

Verb

student

1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

student m

1. student (academic, at university)

Declension

    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 terms

• studencki

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Romanian

Noun

student m (plural studenți; feminine equivalent studentă)

1. college student

Declension

declension of student

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un student	studentul	niște studenți	studenții
genitive/dative	unui student	studentului	unor studenți	studenților

Related terms

• elev
• elevă

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stǔdent/
• Hyphenation: stu‧dent

Noun

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

1. student (usually on a college)

Declension

    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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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɵˈdɛnt/

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Noun

student c

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

Declension

Declension of student

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	student	studenten	studenter	studenterna
genitive	students	studentens	studenters	studenternas

Related terms

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

See also

• ta studenten

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Tatar

Noun

student

1. student

Declension

    declension of student

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

References

• universitetnı tämamlağan student ikän