respondent

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɒ̝n.dn̩t]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɔn.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɔn.d̩nt]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɑn.dənt/, [ɹɪˈspɑn.dənt] ~ [ɹɪˈspɑn.dn̩t]

  • Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: re‧spon‧dent

Noun

respondent (plural respondents)

1. One who responds; one who replies.
2. (law) A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings.
3. A person replying to a questionnaire.

Translations

one who responds; one who replies

• Bulgarian: отгова́рящ (bg) m (otgovárjašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應答者 / 应答者 (yìngdá zhě)

• Finnish: vastaaja (fi)
• Italian: rispondente (it)
• Kazakh: сұхбаткер (sūxbatker)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bersivdêr (ku)

• Māori: kaiwhakautu
• Russian: отвеча́ющий (ru) m (otvečájuščij)
• Slovene: respondent m, respondentka f

defendant

• Bulgarian: отве́тник m (otvétnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被申請人 / 被申请人, 答辯人 / 答辩人, 被告 (zh) (bèigào)

• Finnish: vastaaja (fi)
• Kazakh: сұхбаткер (sūxbatker)
• Polish: pozwany (pl) m, pozwana f
• Russian: отве́тчик (ru) m (otvétčik), отве́тчица (ru) f (otvétčica)
• Swedish: svarande (sv) c

person replying to a questionnaire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 受訪者 / 受访者 (zh) (shòufǎngzhě)

• Czech: dotázaný m
• Danish: svarperson c
• Finnish: vastaaja (fi)
• Indonesian: responden (id)
• Italian: rispondente (it) m or f
• Polish: ankietowany (pl) m, ankietowana f, respondent (pl) m, respondentka f
• Russian: респонде́нт (ru) m (respondént), респонде́нтка (ru) f (respondéntka)
• Slovene: anketiranec m, anketiranka f
• Swedish: svarande (sv) c

See also

• correspondent

Adjective

respondent (comparative more respondent, superlative most respondent)

1. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     wealth […] respondent […] to payment and contributions

Translations

disposed or expected to respond

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 應答的 / 应答的 (yìngdá de)

•  Finnish: vastaava (fi)
•  French: please add this translation if you can

Derived terms

• corespondent
• counterrespondent
• interrespondent
• intrarespondent
• multirespondent
• nonrespondent

Crimean Tatar

Noun

respondent

1. respondent (in sense: the person who participates in research involving questionnaires).

Declension

Declension of respondent

nominative	respondent
genitive	respondentniñ
dative	respondentke
accusative	respondentni
locative	respondentte
ablative	respondentten

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛspondɛnt]

Noun

respondent m anim

1. respondent (one who responds to questions or questionnaire as part of research)

   Synonyms: dotazovaný, dotázaný

Declension

Declension of respondent (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	respondent	respondenti
genitive	respondenta	respondentů
dative	respondentovi, respondentu	respondentům
accusative	respondenta	respondenty
vocative	respondente	respondenti
locative	respondentovi, respondentu	respondentech
instrumental	respondentem	respondenty

Further reading

• “respondent”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “respondent”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Noun

respondent

1. respondent (one who replies to a questionnaire)

Declension

Declension of respondent

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	respondent	respondenten	respondenter	respondenterne
genitive	respondents	respondentens	respondenters	respondenternes

Synonyms

• svarperson

Latin

Verb

respondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of respondeō

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin respondēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛsˈpɔn.dɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔndɛnt
• Syllabification: res‧pon‧dent

Noun

respondent m pers (female equivalent respondentka)

1. respondent, responder, surveyee, interviewee (person replying to a questionnaire)

   Synonym: ankietowany

Declension

Declension of respondent

	singular	plural
nominative	respondent	respondenci/respondenty (deprecative)
genitive	respondenta	respondentów
dative	respondentowi	respondentom
accusative	respondenta	respondentów
instrumental	respondentem	respondentami
locative	respondencie	respondentach
vocative	respondencie	respondenci

Further reading

• “respondent”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “respondent”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)