occupant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑk.jə.pənt/
Noun[edit]
occupant (plural occupants)
- A person who occupies an office or a position.
- I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
- occupant of the Oval Office
- A person who occupies a place.
- A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
- The owner or tenant of a property.
Translations[edit]
person who occupies an office or a position
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person sitting in a vehicle
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owner or tenant
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
occupant
Adjective[edit]
occupant (feminine occupante, masculine plural occupants, feminine plural occupantes)
Noun[edit]
occupant m (plural occupants, feminine occupante)
- occupant (tenant of a property)
- occupier; occupying forces (one who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another)
- Near-synonym: envahisseur
Further reading[edit]
- “occupant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
occupant
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