"participant" in seven languages
Meaningparticipant
Spanish
/paɾtiθiˈpante/
masc.learned
Same form for women: la participante.
French
/paʁtisipɑ̃/
masc.learned
Feminine participante.
Italian
/parteˈtʃipante/
masc.learned
Italian lowered the i: partecipare, not *participare. Same form for women.
Portuguese
/paɾtʃisiˈpɐ̃tʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
/partitʃiˈpant/
masc.borrowed · French participant
Catalan
/pəɾtisiˈpan/
masc.learned
English
/pɑɹˈtɪsəpənt/
from Latin/French · French participant
The Latin ancestor
PARTICIPANTEM‘taking part (present participle of PARTICIPĀRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
PARTICEPS was a 'part-taker' (PARS + CAPERE). The noun is simply the present participle of participar, participer, partecipare: 'someone taking part'.
English relatives: participate, participle, part
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In a sentence
- esCada participante recibe una camiseta.
- frChaque participant reçoit un tee-shirt.
- itOgni partecipante riceve una maglietta.
- ptCada participante recebe uma camiseta.
- roFiecare participant primește un tricou.
- caCada participant rep una samarreta.
- enEach participant receives a T-shirt.