abiturient

See also: Abiturient

English

Noun

abiturient (plural abiturients)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Abiturient

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abiturient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabɪturɪjɛnt]

Noun

abiturient m anim (female equivalent abiturientka)

1. ex-student, alumnus, graduate

Declension

Declension of abiturient (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	abiturient	abiturienti
genitive	abiturienta	abiturientů
dative	abiturientovi, abiturientu	abiturientům
accusative	abiturienta	abiturienty
vocative	abituriente	abiturienti
locative	abiturientovi, abiturientu	abiturientech
instrumental	abiturientem	abiturienty

Further reading

• “abiturient”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “abiturient”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Abiturient, from Latin abituriēns, derived from abiī (“to leave”) +‎ -turiō (desiderative suffix). By surface analysis, abitur +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɪtʉrɪˈɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tu‧ri‧ent

Noun

abiturient m (definite singular abiturienten, indefinite plural abiturienter, definite plural abiturientene)

1. (education) an Abiturient (a student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur)

   Hvert år er det mange abiturienter som forlater skolen

   Every year there are a lot of Abiturients who leave the school

Usage notes

The term abiturient is used specifically in the context of German secondary school education. In Norway, the terms artianer and artiumskandidat were used for students taking the examen artium, prior to 1982.

References

• “abiturient” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abiturient” in Store norske leksikon

Polish

Alternative forms

• abiturjent (pre-reform orthography (1936))

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriēns. First attested in 1822.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.biˈtu.rjɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urjɛnt
• Syllabification: a‧bi‧tu‧rient

Noun

abiturient m pers (female equivalent abiturientka)

1. high school leaver (student that will take, is taking, or has just passed the matura exam at the end of high school) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   Synonym: maturzysta

Declension

Declension of abiturient

	singular	plural
nominative	abiturient	abiturienci/abiturienty (deprecative)
genitive	abiturienta	abiturientów
dative	abiturientowi	abiturientom
accusative	abiturienta	abiturientów
instrumental	abiturientem	abiturientami
locative	abituriencie	abiturientach
vocative	abituriencie	abiturienci

Derived terms

adjective

• abituriencki

 

Collocations

Collocations

• tegoroczny abiturient ― this year's graduate
• ustny abiturient ― oral graduate
• przyszły abiturient ― future graduate
• studniówka abiturientów ― graduate school dance
• los abiturientów ― fate of gradtuates
• pożegnanie abiturientów ― graduates' valediction
• abiturient liceum ― high school graduate
• abiturient technikum ― technical high school graduate
• abiturient rocznika ― graduate of some graduating year
• abiturient jakiejś szkoły ― graduate of some school
• abiturient jakichś klas ― graduate of some classes

Further reading

• abiturient in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abiturient in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abiturjent”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abiturjent”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 2

Swedish

Noun

abiturient c

1. a student about to leave secondary school (gymnasium) for college or university, a secondary school graduate

Declension

Declension of abiturient

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	abiturient	abiturients
	definite	abiturienten	abiturientens
plural	indefinite	abiturienter	abiturienters
	definite	abiturienterna	abiturienternas

Related terms

• abiturientbal