contestant

English

Etymology

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛstənt/, [kənˈtʰɛstənt]
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

contestant (plural contestants)

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
Synonym: competitor
One who brings a legal challenge.
Coordinate term: contestee

Translations

participant in a contest

Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʿakicʿ)
Bulgarian: състезател (bg) (sǎstezatel), съперник (bg) (sǎpernik)
Catalan: concursant (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 參賽者／参赛者 (zh) (cānsàizhě), 選手／选手 (zh) (xuǎnshǒu)
Danish: konkurrent (da) c
Dutch: deelnemer (nl) m
Finnish: kilpailija (fi), ottelija (fi), vastustaja (fi)
Galician: concursante m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: αγωνιζόμενος (el) m (agonizómenos), αντίπαλος (el) m or f (antípalos)
Ancient: ἀγωνιστής m (agōnistḗs)
Hungarian: versenyző (hu)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: натпреварувач m (natprevaruvač)
Malayalam: മത്സരാർത്ഥി (matsarāṟtthi)
Maori: tauwhawhai
Mongolian: тэмцэгч (mn) (temcegč), өрсөлдөгч (mn) (örsöldögč)
Polish: zawodnik (pl) m, zawodniczka (pl) f
Russian: сопе́рник (ru) m (sopérnik), сопе́рница (ru) f (sopérnica)
Scottish Gaelic: co-fharpaiseach m
Spanish: concursante m or f
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Urdu: اُمیدوار (umīdvār)
Welsh: cystadleuwr m, ymrysonwr m

See also

contender

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.təsˈtan]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təsˈtant]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kon.tesˈtant]

Verb

contestant

gerund of contestar

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/
Audio (CAN) (file)

Participle

contestant

present participle of contester

Further reading

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

Anagrams

constatent

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