postulant

English

Etymology

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/, /ˈpɒstʃʊlənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

postulant (plural postulants)

1. (religion) A person seeking admission to a religious order.
   • 2020, Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience, page 81:

     After their six-month postulancies are over and they have mastered all the chants and books of monastic regulations, the postulants are finally ready to ordain as novice monks […]

2. A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1254:

     But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

Anagrams

• outplants

Catalan

Verb

postulant

1. gerund of postular

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French postulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔs.tyˈlɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanten, no diminutive)

1. (religion) postulant

Descendants

• → Indonesian: postulan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs.ty.lɑ̃/

Noun

postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)

1. applicant (person who applies for something)

   Near-synonyms: candidat, demandeur

2. postulant (person seeking admission to a religious order)

Participle

postulant

1. present participle of postuler

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

postulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of postulō

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin postulāns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔsˈtu.lant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulant
• Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lant

Noun

postulant m pers (female equivalent postulantka)

1. (religion) postulant

Declension

Declension of postulant

	singular	plural
nominative	postulant	postulanci/postulanty (deprecative)
genitive	postulanta	postulantów
dative	postulantowi	postulantom
accusative	postulanta	postulantów
instrumental	postulantem	postulantami
locative	postulancie	postulantach
vocative	postulancie	postulanci

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French postulant.

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanți, feminine equivalent postulantă)

1. (rare) person who seeks a post

   Synonym: solicitant

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	postulant	postulantul	postulanți	postulanții
genitive-dative	postulant	postulantului	postulanți	postulanților
vocative	postulantule		postulanților