postulant

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English

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Etymology

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/, /ˈpɒstʃʊlənt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

postulant (plural postulants)

  1. (religion) A person seeking admission to a religious order.
    • 2020, Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience, page 81:
      After their six-month postulancies are over and they have mastered all the chants and books of monastic regulations, the postulants are finally ready to ordain as novice monks […]
  2. A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
    • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1254:
      But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

postulant

  1. gerund of postular

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French postulant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɔs.tyˈlɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧lant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanten)

  1. (religion) postulant

French

Pronunciation

Noun

postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)

  1. applicant (person who applies for something)
    Near-synonyms: candidat, demandeur
  2. postulant (person seeking admission to a religious order)

Participle

postulant

  1. present participle of postuler

Further reading

Latin

Verb

postulant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of postulō

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin postulāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔsˈtu.lant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulant
  • Syllabification: pos‧tu‧lant

Noun

postulant m pers (female equivalent postulantka)

  1. (religion) postulant

Declension

Declension of postulant
singular plural
nominative postulant postulanci/postulanty (deprecative)
genitive postulanta postulantów
dative postulantowi postulantom
accusative postulanta postulantów
instrumental postulantem postulantami
locative postulancie postulantach
vocative postulancie postulanci

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French postulant.

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanți, feminine equivalent postulantă)

  1. (rare) person who seeks a post
    Synonym: solicitant

Declension

Declension of postulant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) postulant postulantul (niște) postulanți postulanții
genitive/dative (unui) postulant postulantului (unor) postulanți postulanților
vocative postulantule postulanților
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