Bulgarian

Noun

абитуриент • ‎(abituriént) m ‎(feminine абитуриентка)

1. A male student in his last year at a high school, a male senior, a senior-year boy.
   • 1970, Камен Качев (Kamen Kalčev), Софийски разкази (Sofia stories), page 102:

     — Как върви абитуриентът?

     — Много добре, свърши със словесните, сега се прехвърли в лабораторията.

     ‘How is the student coping?’

     ‘Very well. Having accomplished the verbal [tasks], he just went to the laboratory.’

Inflection

Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Abiturient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbʲɪtʊrʲɪˈjent]

Noun

абитурие́нт • ‎(abiturijént) m anim ‎(genitive абитурие́нта, nominative plural абитурие́нты, genitive plural абитурие́нтов, feminine абитурие́нтка)

1. graduate, school-leaver
2. university applicant, enrollee, candidate for a university entrance examination. [from mid 20 c.]

Declension

Synonyms

• (school-leaver): выпускни́к ‎(vypuskník), абик ‎(abik)

Related terms

• абиту́ра ‎(abitúra)
• абитурие́нтка ‎(abiturijéntka)
• абитурие́нтный ‎(abiturijéntnyj), абитурие́нтский ‎(abiturijéntskij)