participant

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

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

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participant (plural participants)

1. One who participates.

   All participants must adhere to the rules of the competition.

• entrant, partaker, participator

participant (not comparable)

1. Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

     Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;

• “participant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “participant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “participant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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

participant m or f by sense (plural participants)

1. participant

participant

1. gerund of participar

• “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “participant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/

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participant m (plural participants, feminine participante)

1. participant

participant

1. present participle of participer

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

participant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of participō

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

• participar

Borrowed from French participant.

participant m (plural participanți)

1. participant