absolvent

An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“I absolve”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /æbˈsɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈsɑlv.n̩t/

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absolvent (comparative more absolvent, superlative most absolvent)

1. (rare) Absolving.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

     Patriotism, hounded on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars tumultuous round the Salle de Manége, all day; insults many leading Deputies, of the absolvent Right-side[.]

absolvent (plural absolvents)

1. (rare) An absolver.

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absolvent m anim (female equivalent absolventka)

1. graduate (from a university)
2. alumnus (graduate of an educational institution)

• “absolvent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “absolvent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “absolvent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

absolvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of absolvō

Borrowed from German Absolvent, from Latin absolvens.

absolvent m (plural absolvenți, feminine equivalent absolventă)

1. graduate