English Explanatory Dictionary

student

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
  2. A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
  3. A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
adj
  1. In training, learning a particular skill.
adj
  1. Clipping of Student's.

Pronunciation

/ˈstjuː.dn̩t/ /ˈst͡ʃuː.dn̩t/ /ˈstu.dn̩t/ /ˈstɪʊ.dənt/ En-uk-student.ogg en-us-student.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-student.wav

Word forms

student students

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.

Synonyms

candlewaster scholar devotee disciple

Antonyms

teacher

Related words

learner

Derived words

antistudent art student A student cyberstudent exchange student grad student graduate student graduate student descent honor student international student legacy student mature-age student mature student medical student mud student multistudent nonstudent nontraditional student non-traditional student parent-teacher-student association primary school student professional student studency student affairs student-athlete student body student council student driver studentese studentess student ghetto studenthood student hour studential studentification studentish studentization studentized studentizing studentless studentlike student loan studently student nation student number studentry studentship student strike student syndrome student teacher student union student voice studenty tertiary student traditional student transfer student studentize

Translations

Arabic: طَالِب Arabic: طَالِبَة Arabic: تِلْمِيذ Arabic: تِلْمِيذَة Arabic: طالب Arabic: طالبة Bulgarian: учени́к Bulgarian: студе́нт Bulgarian: студе́нтка Catalan: alumne Catalan: estudiant Catalan: universitari Esperanto: lernanto Finnish: opiskelija Finnish: ylioppilas German: Lernender German: Lernende German: Student German: Studentin German: Studierender German: Studierende German: Hochschüler German: Hochschülerin Hindi: विद्यार्थी Hindi: विद्यार्थिनी Hindi: छात्र Hindi: छात्रा Hindi: शिष्य Hindi: शिष्या Hindi: तालिब Hindi: तालिबा Irish: dalta Irish: mac léinn Iranian Persian: دانِشْجو Iranian Persian: دانِشآموز Iranian Persian: شاگِرْد Polish: uczeń Polish: uczennica Polish: student Polish: studentka Quechua: yachachisqa Russian: уча́щийся Russian: уча́щаяся Russian: учени́к Russian: учени́ца Russian: студе́нт Russian: студе́нтка Spanish: alumno Spanish: estudiante Spanish: discente Spanish: educando Spanish: alumna Spanish: universitario Sylheti: ꠍꠣꠔ꠆ꠞ Tajik: шогирд Tajik: донишҷӯ Yoruba: akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ Yucatec Maya: xoknáal Albanian: nxënës Armenian: ուսանող Azerbaijani: tələbə Basque: ikasle Chinese Cantonese: 學生 /学生 Chinese: 學生 /学生 Chinese Mandarin: 學生 /学生 Czech: student Czech: studentka Danish: studerende Dutch: student Dutch: studente Estonian: üliõpilane French: étudiant French: étudiante Georgian: სტუდენტი Greek: φοιτητής Greek: φοιτήτρια Hawaiian: haumāna Hiligaynon: estudyante Hiligaynon: palatuon Hungarian: egyetemista Hungarian: főiskolás Indonesian: mahasiswa Indonesian: mahasiswi Italian: studente Italian: studentessa Japanese: 学生 Kazakh: студент Korean: 학생 Central Kurdish: قوتابی Central Kurdish: تەلەبە
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