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Webster 1913 Edition


Student

Stu′dent

,
Noun.
[L.
studens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
studere
to study. See
Study
,
Noun.
]
1.
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books;
as, the
students
of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical
student
; a hard
student
.
Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good
student
from his book.
Shakespeare
2.
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer;
as, a
student
of human nature, or of physical nature
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Student

STUDENT

,
Noun.
[L. See Study.]
1.
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in a seminary or in private; a scholar; as the students of an academy, of a college or university; a medical student; a law student.
2.
A man devoted to books; a bookish man; as a hard student; a close student.
Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student from his books.
3.
One who studies or examines; as a student of natures works.

Definition 2024


Student

Student

See also: student, stüdent, and študent

German

Noun

Student m (genitive Studenten, plural Studenten, feminine Studentin)

  1. student; person of either gender attending lectures at a university

Declension

Synonyms

  • Studiosus

Hyponyms

  • Kunststudent
  • Musikstudent
  • Politikstudent

Derived terms

  • Kunststudent
  • Musikstudent
  • Politikstudent
  • Studentensprache
  • Studentenwerk

Related terms

  • studentisch

student

student

See also: Student, stüdent, and študent

English

Noun

student (plural students)

  1. A person who studies or learns about a particular academic subject.
    A student of philosophy.
  2. (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
    He is a student of life.
  3. A person enrolled at a university.
    The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  4. (chiefly Canada, US) A schoolchild.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch student.

Noun

student (plural studente)

  1. student

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

student m

  1. student (academic, at university)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: stu‧dent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology

From Old French estudiant (student), from Latin studens, present participle of studere (to study).

Noun

student m (plural studenten, diminutive studentje n, feminine studente)

  1. student

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Latin

Verb

student

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of studeō

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

Noun

student m (feminine equivalent studentka)

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

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from German Student, from Latin studēns.

Noun

student m (definite singular studenten, indefinite plural studenter, definite plural studentene)

  1. student (at university or college)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from German Student, from Latin studēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʉːdɛnt/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

  1. student (person enrolled at a university)

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

student m pers

  1. student (academic, at university)

Declension

Derived terms

  • studencki

Romanian

Noun

student m (plural studenți, feminine equivalent studentă)

  1. college student

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stùdent m (Cyrillic spelling сту̀дент)

  1. student (usually on a college)

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɵˈdɛnt/

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. (colloquial) person who has finished studies at a gymnasium

Declension

Inflection of student 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative student studenten studenter studenterna
Genitive students studentens studenters studenternas

Related terms

  • studentexamen
  • studentkår
  • studentmössa
  • studentorkester
  • studentoverall
  • studentsång

See also

  • ta studenten

Tatar

Noun

student

  1. student

Declension

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