aspirant

See also: Aspirant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

French aspirerder.

French aspirantbor.

English aspirant

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæspəɹənt/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ɐsˈpaɪɹɐnt/ (nonstandard)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

aspirant (plural aspirants)

1. Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

   The company received dozens of applications from job aspirants.

   Every aspirant actor dreams of making it to Broadway.

   He was an aspirant to the presidency, though his chances were slim.

Translations

someone who aspires for high office, etc.

• Catalan: aspirant (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有志者 (yǒuzhìzhě)

• Esperanto: aspiranto
• Finnish: havittelija (fi)
• French: aspirant (fr) m
• German: Aspirant (de) m, Aspirantin (de) f, Bewerber (de) m, Bewerberin (de) f, Anwärter (de) m, Anwärterin (de) f
• Hindi: आकांक्षी (hi) (ākāṅkṣī)
• Italian: aspirante (it) m or f
• Latin: affectātor m
• Polish: aspirant (pl) m, aspirantka (pl) f
• Portuguese: aspirante (pt) m or f
• Spanish: aspirante m or f

Adjective

aspirant (comparative more aspirant, superlative most aspirant)

1. Seeking advancement.
2. Striving for recognition.

Derived terms

• aspirant nation
• aspirant nation-state
• aspirant state
• nonaspirant

Anagrams

• spartina, Partains, Sarpanit, partisan, tarapins, Paristan

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [əs.piˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.piˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [as.piˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [as.piˈɾan]

Adjective

aspirant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aspirants)

1. aspiring

Noun

aspirant m or f by sense (plural aspirants)

1. aspirant

Related terms

• aspirar

Further reading

• “aspirant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

aspirant

1. gerund of aspirar

Danish

Noun

aspirant c (singular definite aspiranten, plural indefinite aspiranter)

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Declension

Declension of aspirant

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aspirant	aspiranten	aspiranter	aspiranterne
genitive	aspirants	aspirantens	aspiranters	aspiranternes

Further reading

• “aspirant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pi.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

aspirant m (plural aspirants, feminine aspirante)

1. aspirant
2. (military) officer candidate, officer designate, midshipman

Descendants

• → German: Aspirant

Adjective

aspirant (feminine aspirante, masculine plural aspirants, feminine plural aspirantes)

1. aspiring
2. sucking, extracting

Participle

aspirant

1. present participle of aspirer

Further reading

• “aspirant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• partisan

Latin

Verb

aspīrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aspīrō

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

French aspirerder.

French aspirantbor.

Polish aspirant

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈpi.rant/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -irant
• Syllabification: as‧pi‧rant

Noun

aspirant m pers (female equivalent aspirantka)

1. (literary) aspirant, candidate
2. (law enforcement) warrant officer (in the police)
3. (historical) Candidate of Sciences

Declension

Declension of aspirant

	singular	plural
nominative	aspirant	aspiranci/aspiranty (deprecative)
genitive	aspiranta	aspirantów
dative	aspirantowi	aspirantom
accusative	aspiranta	aspirantów
instrumental	aspirantem	aspirantami
locative	aspirancie	aspirantach
vocative	aspirancie	aspiranci

Derived terms

adjective

• aspirancki

noun

• aspirantura

Related terms

adjective

• aspiracyjny

nouns

• aspiracja
• aspirata
• aspirator

verb

• aspirować

Further reading

• “aspirant”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “aspirant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Latin aspīrārelbor.

French aspirerder.

French aspirantbor.

Romanian aspirant

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Noun

aspirant m (plural aspiranți, feminine equivalent aspirantă)

1. aspirant

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aspirant	aspirantul	aspiranți	aspiranții
genitive-dative	aspirant	aspirantului	aspiranți	aspiranților
vocative	aspirantule		aspiranților