Pronunciation Noun
student (plural students)
- A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
- She is a student of human interactions.
- He is a student of life.
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [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.
- 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.
- (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).
- (person who studies a particular subject) candlewaster, scholar; devotee, disciple
- French: étudiant, étudiante, élève
- German: Student, Studentin; Lernender Lernende
- Italian: studente, studentessa, (please verify) studioso (it) m, (please verify) studiosa (it) f
- Portuguese: estudante, aluno, aluna, estudioso, estudiosa
- Russian: студе́нт
- Spanish: estudiante
- German: Lernender, Lernende (only used as an umbrella term)
- Spanish: alumno, estudiante, discente, educando
- French: étudiant, étudiante
- German: Student, Studentin; (officialese now often) Studierender, Studierende; (rarely) Hochschüler, Hochschülerin
- Italian: studente, studentessa
- Portuguese: estudante, académico (Portugal), académica (Portugal), acadêmico (Brazil), acadêmica (Brazil), aluno, aluna
- Russian: студе́нт
- Spanish: estudiante, alumno, alumna, universitario
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