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) Hindi: प्रतियोगी (hi) m (pratiyogī) 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 (Shawinigan)):

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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