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English

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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

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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed 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, 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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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch student.

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Noun

student (plural studente)

  1. student

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

student m anim (feminine studentka, related adjective studentský)

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

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Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

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

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Noun

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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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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  • Papiamentu: student (dated)

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

student

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

Noun

student m pers (feminine studentka)

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

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

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Noun

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

  1. a student (person enrolled at a university)

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

student m

  1. student

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Student. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian sztudent and Silesian sztudynt.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  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

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Trivia

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.

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “student”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “student”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  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] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 567

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Romanian

Noun

student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

  1. college student

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

  1. student (usually at a college or university)

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Swedish

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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. (informal) person who has recently finished studies at a gymnasium

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

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Tatar

Noun

student

  1. student

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