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See also: Student, stúdent, stüdent, študent, and Študent

English

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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student (plural students)

  1. A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
    Synonyms: candlewaster, scholar, devotee, disciple
    She is a student of human interactions.
    He is a student of life.
    • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.
    • 1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, 3rd printing, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 6:
      The student of marine life in Southern California should become aware that […] a great many changes have taken place during the past century that have modified the characters of the plant and animal communities of the seashore.
  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.
    • 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.
    • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point‎[3], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 180:
      A handful of young students bent on showing their patriotism had stirred up more trouble than they possibly could have imagined.
    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).

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Adjective

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student (not comparable)

  1. In training, learning a particular skill.
    student teacher.
    student driver.

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch student.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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student (plural studente)

  1. student

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian студент (student).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: stu‧dent

Noun

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student

  1. student

Declension

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Declension of student
singular plural
nominative student studentler
genitive studentniñ studentlerniñ
dative studentke studentlerge
accusative studentni studentlerni
locative studentte studentlerde
ablative studentten studentlerden

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Czech

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Noun

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student m anim (female equivalent studentka, relational adjective studentský)

  1. student (academic, at university)
    Synonym: študák

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Declension of student (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative student studenti
genitive studenta studentů
dative studentovi, studentu studentům
accusative studenta studenty
vocative studente studenti
locative studentovi, studentu studentech
instrumental studentem studenty

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Danish

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Etymology

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin studēns, present participle of studēre (“to study”).

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Noun

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

  1. (Netherlands) a student at an institute for academic tertiary education
  2. (Belgium, Suriname) a student at an institute for secondary or tertiary education. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

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Descendants

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  • → Papiamentu: student (dated)

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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student

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

Livonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latvian students.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstudent/, [ˈstudentˑ]

Noun

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student

  1. (university/college) student

Declension

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Declension of student (140)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) student studentõd
genitive (genitīv) student studentõd
partitive (partitīv) studentõ studentidi
dative (datīv) studentõn studentõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) studentõks studentõdõks
illative (illatīv) studentõ studentiž
inessive (inesīv) studentõs studentis
elative (elatīv) studentõst studentist

References

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  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “student”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

Noun

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student m anim (female equivalent studentka)

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

Declension

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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

Naga Pidgin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English student.

Noun

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student (plural students or students khan or student khan)

  1. student (person enrolled at a school, university or other education institution)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

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Noun

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

  1. a student (at university or college)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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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Piedmontese

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student m

  1. student

Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-
Proto-Italic *studēō
Medieval Latin studeō
Medieval Latin studēnsder.
Middle High German studente
German Studentbor.
Polish student

    Borrowed from German Student.[1][2] First attested in the 16th century.[3]. Compare Kashubian sztudent and Silesian sztudynt.

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    student m pers (female equivalent studentka, diminutive studencik or studenciak, augmentative studencina, related adjective studencki)

    1. (education) student, university student (person who is enrolled at a college or university)
      Synonym: żak
      Hypernym: uczeń
    2. (education, obsolete) student, pupil (person who learns at a school)
      Synonym: uczeń

    Declension

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    Declension of student
    singular plural
    nominative student studenci/studenty (deprecative)
    genitive studenta studentów
    dative studentowi studentom
    accusative studenta studentów
    instrumental studentem studentami
    locative studencie studentach
    vocative studencie studenci
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    adverb
    nouns

    Trivia

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    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), student is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 4 times in scientific texts, 44 times in news, 25 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 80 times, making it the 809th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

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    1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “student”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
    2. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “student”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
    3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “student”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “student”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 567

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian studente, German Student, Latin studēns, studentis.[1]

    Noun

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    student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

    1. college student

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative student studentul studenți studenții
    genitive-dative student studentului studenți studenților
    vocative studentule studenților

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    1. ^ "student" in dexonline

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    stùdent m anim (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

    1. student (usually at a college or university)

    Declension

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    Declension of student
    singular plural
    nominative stùdent stùdenti
    genitive stùdenta stùdenātā
    dative stùdentu stùdentima
    accusative stùdenta stùdente
    vocative stùdente stùdenti
    locative stùdentu stùdentima
    instrumental stùdentom stùdentima

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    • “student”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    student c

    1. a student (at a college or university – compare elev)
      1. an undergraduate
    2. (before 1968) a person with a gymnasium (upper secondary school) diploma
    3. a (recent) gymnasium graduate
      ta studenten
      graduate from gymnasium
      (literally, “take the student [idiomatic]”)

    Usage notes

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    "I was his student" and the like in the general sense is more idiomatically "Jag var hans elev."

    Declension

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    Declension of student
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite student students
    definite studenten studentens
    plural indefinite studenter studenters
    definite studenterna studenternas

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    Tatar

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    Noun

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    student

    1. student
      • 2006 October 25, Mälikä Basıyr, “Tatar Däwlät Humanitar Pedagogiä Universitetına 130 yıl”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎[7]:
        Tatarstannıñ mäğärif ministrı bulıp eşlägän Faris Xarisov, şuşı universitetnı tämamlağan student ikän.
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    Declension of student
    nominative student
    genitive studentnıñ
    dative studentqa
    accusative studentnı
    locative studentta
    ablative studenttan
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