participant

English Online Dictionary. What means participant‎? What does participant mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, /pəɹˈtɪsəpənt/

Noun

participant (plural participants)

1. One who participates.

Synonyms

• entrant, partaker, participator

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

participant (not comparable)

1. Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

Further reading

• “participant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “participant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “participant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pər.ti.siˈpan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pər.ti.siˈpant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾ.ti.siˈpant]

Noun

participant m or f by sense (plural participants)

1. participant

Verb

participant

1. gerund of participar

Further reading

• “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “participant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “participant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “participant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/

Noun

participant m (plural participants, feminine participante)

1. participant

Participle

participant

1. present participle of participer

Further reading

• “participant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

participant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of participō

Occitan

Noun

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

Related terms

• participar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French participant.

Noun

participant m (plural participanți)

1. participant

Declension