From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈstjuː.dənt/, /ˈst͡ʃuː.dənt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈstu.dənt/

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[ward] 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.

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.

   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).

• teacher

• French: étudiant, étudiante, élève
• German: Student, Studentin; Lernender Lernende
• Italian: studente, studentessa, ⦃⦃t+check¦it¦studioso¦m¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄, ⦃⦃t+check¦it¦studiosa¦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

From the pen-name of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.

student (not comparable)

1. Clipping of Student's