English
Etymology
From French contestant, present participle of contester.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /kənˈtɛstənt/, [kənˈtʰɛstənt]
Noun
contestant (plural contestants)
- A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
- Synonym: competitor
- One who brings a legal challenge.
- Coordinate term: contestee
Translations
participant in a contest
- Armenian: մրցակից (hy) (mrcʻakicʻ)
- Bulgarian: състезател (bg) m (sǎstezatel), състезателка (bg) f (sǎstezatelka), съперник (bg) m (sǎpernik), съперница (bg) f (sǎpernica), съперничка (bg) f (sǎpernička)
- 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
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See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
contestant
- gerund of contestar
French
Pronunciation
Participle
contestant
- present participle of contester
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