absolvent

See also: Absolvent

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“I absolve”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈzɑlv.n̩t/, /æbˈsɑlv.n̩t/, /əbˈsɑlv.n̩t/

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Adjective

absolvent (comparative more absolvent, superlative most absolvent)

1. (rare) Absolving.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VI (The Marseillese), page 286:

     Patriotism, hounded-on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars tumultuous round the Salle de Manége^[sic], all day; insults many leading Deputies, of the absolvent Right-side[.]

Noun

absolvent (plural absolvents)

1. (rare) An absolver.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapsolvɛnt]

Noun

absolvent m anim (female equivalent absolventka)

1. graduate (from a university)
2. alumnus (graduate of an educational institution)

Declension

Declension of absolvent (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	absolvent	absolventi
genitive	absolventa	absolventů
dative	absolventovi, absolventu	absolventům
accusative	absolventa	absolventy
vocative	absolvente	absolventi
locative	absolventovi, absolventu	absolventech
instrumental	absolventem	absolventy

Derived terms

• absolventka
• absolventský

 

Related terms

• absolvovat

 

Further reading

• “absolvent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “absolvent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “absolvent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Verb

absolvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of absolvō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Absolvent, from Latin absolvens.

Noun

absolvent m (plural absolvenți, feminine equivalent absolventă)

1. graduate

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	absolvent	absolventul		absolvenți	absolvenții
genitive-dative	absolvent	absolventului		absolvenți	absolvenților
vocative	absolventule			absolvenților