student

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See also: Student, stüdent, and študent

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to study +‎ -ent.

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student (plural students)

  1. A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
    She is a student of human interactions.
    He is a student of life.
    • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii], page 271, column 1:
      I am not tall enough to become the function well, nor leane enough to bee thought a good Studient : but to be ſaid an honeſt man and a good houſkeeper goes as fairely, as to ſay, a carefull man, & a great ſcholler. The Competitors enter.
  2. A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
    The students were out raising funds for rag week.
    1. (in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
    • a. 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, “Essay XII”, in The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith, volume III, Edinburgh: Geo. Mudie, published 1792, page 71:
      In general, alſo, it may be obſerved, that a greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character of a ſtudent in England than elſewhere ; by which means our clergy have an opportunity of ſeeing better company while young, and of ſooner wearing off thoſe prejudices which they are apt to imbibe even in the beſt regulated univerſities, and which may be juſtly termed the vulgar errors of the wiſe.
    • 1868, Charles Haight Farnham, quoting Francis Parkman, Autobiography, quoted in “Spiritual Growth”, in A Life of Francis Parkman, Toronto: George N. Morang and Company, published 1900, page 321:
      In behalf of manhood and common sense, he would protest against such a conclusion ; and if any pale student, glued to his desk here, seek an apology for a way of life whose natural fruit is that pallid and emasculate scholarship of which New England has had too many examples, it will be far better that this sketch had not been written.

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schoolchild, pupil, person attending school — see schoolchild
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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch student.

Noun[edit]

student (plural studente)

  1. student

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

student m anim (feminine studentka)

  1. student (academic, at university)

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative student studenti
genitive studenta studentů
dative studentu, studentovi studentům
accusative studenta studenty
vocative studente studenti
locative studentu, studentovi studentech
instrumental studentem studenty

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin studēns, a present participle of studēre (“to favour, study”). Compare also student, Student.

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student c (singular definite studenten, plural indefinite studenter)

  1. a person who has graduated from gymnasium
  2. student (at a university)
    Synonym: studerende

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Declension of student
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative student studenten studenter studenterne
genitive students studentens studenters studenternes

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French estudiant (“student”), from Latin studens, present participle of studere (“to study”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: stu‧dent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun[edit]

student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)

  1. student

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

student

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

Noun[edit]

student m (feminine equivalent studentka)

  1. student (person who studies an academic subject; person enrolled at a university)

Declension[edit]

Declension of student
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative student studenta studenty
Genitive studenta studentowu studentow
Dative studentoju studentoma studentam
Accusative studenta studentowu studenty, studentow
Instrumental studentom studentoma studentami
Locative studenśe studentoma studentach

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

Noun[edit]

student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studenter, definite plural studentene)

  1. a student (at university or college)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

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student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studentar, definite plural studentane)

  1. a student (person enrolled at a university)

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

student m pers (feminine studentka)

  1. student (academic, at university)

Declension[edit]

declension of student
singular plural
nominative student studenci
genitive studenta studentów
dative studentowi studentom
accusative studenta studentów
instrumental studentem studentami
locative studencie studentach
vocative studencie studenci

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Further reading[edit]

  • student in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

  1. college student

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Declension of student
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) student studentul (niște) studenți studenții
genitive/dative (unui) student studentului (unor) studenți studenților
vocative studentule studenților

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /stǔdent/
  • Hyphenation: stu‧dent

Noun[edit]

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

  1. student (usually at a college or university)

Declension[edit]

Declension of student
singular plural
nominative student studenti
genitive studenta studenata
dative studentu studentima
accusative studenta studente
vocative studente studenti
locative studentu studentima
instrumental studentom studentima

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student c

  1. a student; someone who studies an academic subject
  2. a person enrolled at a university
  3. (before 1968) person with a diploma from a gymnasium (upper secondary school)
  4. (colloquial) person who has finished studies at a gymnasium

Declension[edit]

Declension of student 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative student studenten studenter studenterna
Genitive students studentens studenters studenternas

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Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

student

  1. student

Declension[edit]

    declension of student
Nominative student
Genitive studentnıñ
Dative studentqa
Accusative studentnı
Locative studentta
Ablative studenttan

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