different between occupant vs participant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k.j?.p?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k.j?.p?nt/

Noun

occupant (plural occupants)

1. A person who occupies an office or a position.

2. A person who occupies a place.
   1. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
3. The owner or tenant of a property.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.p??/

Verb

occupant

1. present participle of occuper

Adjective

occupant (feminine singular occupante, masculine plural occupants, feminine plural occupantes)

1. occupying

Noun

occupant m (plural occupants, feminine occupante)

1. occupant

Latin

Verb

occupant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of occup?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin particip?ns, present participle of particip?; see participate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???t?s?p?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p????t?s?p?nt/, /p???t?s?p?nt/

Noun

participant (plural participants)

1. One who participates.

Synonyms

• entrant, partaker, participator

Translations

Adjective

participant (not comparable)

1. Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

   • Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;

Further reading

• participant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• participant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• participant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.ti.si?pant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.ti.si?pan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa?.ti.si?pant/

Noun

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

Verb

participant

1. present participle of participar

Further reading

• “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “participant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “participant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “participant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Noun

participant m (plural participants, feminine participante)

1. participant

Verb

participant

1. present participle of participer

Further reading

• “participant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

participant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of particip?

Occitan

Noun

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

Related terms

• participar

Romanian

Etymology

From French participant

Noun

participant m (plural participan?i)

1. participant

Declension