student

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstjuː.dənt/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dn̩t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.dn̩t/, /ˈstu.dənt/
• Hyphenation: stu‧dent

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Noun

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, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] 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.

   • 1966, E. Yale Dawson, Seashore Plants of Southern Califonria, third printing edition, Berkley: University of California Press, published 1975, →ISBN, LCCN 66-19103, 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.

   • Person definition

     An individual; usually a human being. (1 of 13 person definitions)

   • Study definition

     To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination. (1 of 6 study definitions)

   • Learn definition

     To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. (1 of 5 learn definitions)

   • Subject definition

     Likely to be affected by or to experience something. (1 of 4 subject definitions)

   • Candlewaster definition

     One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.

   • Scholar definition

     A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship. (1 of 3 scholar definitions)

   • Devotee definition

     An ardent enthusiast or admirer. (1 of 3 devotee definitions)

   • Disciple definition

     A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others. (1 of 3 disciple definitions)
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, Johnson, Lyndon, The Vantage Point‎^[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, LCCN 74-102146, OCLC 1067880747, 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).

   • Enrolled definition

     simple past tense and past participle of enrol (1 of 2 enrolled definitions)

   • School definition

     (1 of 3 school definitions)

   • College definition

     A corporate group; a group of colleagues. (1 of 17 college definitions)

   • University definition

     Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

   • Rag Week definition

     An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.

   • Pupil definition

     (1 of 4 pupil definitions)

   • Schoolchild definition

     A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

   • Primary School definition

     A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.

   • Secondary School definition

     In the UK and Ireland, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18. (1 of 4 secondary school definitions)

Antonyms

• teacher

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• learner

Anagrams

• stunted

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch student.

Pronunciation

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Noun

student (plural studente)

1. student

   • Student definition

     A person who studies or learns about a particular subject. (1 of 3 student definitions)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstudɛnt/

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Noun

student m anim (feminine studentka)

1. student (academic, at university)

   Synonym: študák

   • Študák definition

     student

Declension

Derived terms

• studentský

Related terms

See also

• žák
• posluchač

Further reading

• student in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• student in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sd̥uˈd̥enˀd̥]

Noun

student c (singular definite studenten, plural indefinite studenter)

1. a person who has graduated from gymnasium

   • Graduate definition

     (1 of 5 graduate definitions)

   • Gymnasium definition

     A large room or building for indoor sports. (1 of 3 gymnasium definitions)
2. student (at a university)

   Synonym: studerende

   • Studerende definition

     present participle of studeer

Declension

Further reading

• “student” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “student” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /styˈdɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: stu‧dent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

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

1. (Belgium, Suriname) A student at an institute for secondary or tertiary education.
2. (Netherlands) A student at an institute for academic tertiary education.

   • Academic definition

     Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato (1 of 9 academic definitions)

Derived terms

Related terms

• studeren

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: student (dated)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊd̪ɛn̪t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.dent/, [ˈst̪uːd̪en̪t̪]

Verb

student

1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

   • Studeo definition

     i dedicate myself (to), direct my efforts or attention (to), strive after, am devoted to (usually with dative) (1 of 5 studeo definitions)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

Noun

student m (feminine equivalent studentka)

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

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

Noun

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

1. a student (at university or college)

Derived terms

• medisinstudent

References

• “student” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʉːdɛnt/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. a student (person enrolled at a university)

Derived terms

• medisinstudent

References

• “student” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /styˈdɛŋt/

Noun

student m

1. student

Polish

Etymology

An internationalism from English student, German Student or Russian студе́нт (studént), ultimately from Latin studēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstu.dɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -udɛnt
• Syllabification: stu‧dent

Noun

student m pers (feminine studentka)

1. student (academic, at university)

   Hypernyms: uczeń, uczennica

   • Uczeń definition

     student, schoolboy, pupil, apprentice

   • Uczennica definition

     female equivalent of uczeń (“student, pupil”)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• student in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• student in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

1. college student

Declension

See also

• elev
• elevă

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

1. student (usually at a college or university)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɵˈdɛnt/

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Noun

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

Related terms

See also

• ta studenten

Tatar

Noun

student

1. student

Declension

References

• universitetnı tämamlağan student ikän