Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

participant

/pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: par-tic-i-pant
IPA: /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who participates.

noun

One who participates.

adj

Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: entrant, partaker"
"All participants must adhere to the rules of the competition."
"a research participant"
"In this study, participants were randomly assigned to either a control arm or a treatment arm."
"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;"

Etymology

From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *keh₂p-, participant, participāns
Suffix: participate

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/
British English: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/

Inflected Forms

participants (plural)

Phrases

healthy participant effect participant evolution participant observation participant observer participant-observer spaceflight participant speech act participant

Synonyms

participator entrant partaker player

Questions

How do you pronounce participant?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/.
What does participant mean?: One who participates.
Where does participant come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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