contestant

English

Etymology

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

contestant (plural contestants)

1. A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

   Synonym: competitor

2. One who brings a legal challenge.

   Coordinate term: contestee

Translations

participant in a contest

• Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʻakicʻ)
• 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 (es) 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): (Valencia) [kon.tesˈtant]

Verb

contestant

1. gerund of contestar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/

• Audio (Canada):

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Participle

contestant

1. present participle of contester

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• constatent