étudiant
French, noun/e.ty.djɑ̃/
étudiant is a French masculine noun meaning “student” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of étudier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui suit les cours d’une université ou d’un autre établissement d’enseignement supérieur”.
What does étudiant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestudent
adjective
- 1
studying (in the process of studying)
verb
- 1
present participle of étudier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui suit les cours d’une université ou d’un autre établissement d’enseignement supérieur.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux étudiants, à leur vie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of étudiant
- étudiants plural
- étudiante feminine
- étudiantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étudiant?
- /e.ty.djɑ̃/
- \e.ty.djɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étudiant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étudiant in French?
étudiant appears 35 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).