participant

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/ UK /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #22784

Meanings

1

noun
A person who takes part in something.

Every participant in the study received a small payment.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who takes part in... entrantpartakerparticipator

Word family

Forms participants

Derived forms participant-observer

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European participant Middle French participāns Latin

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# participant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/
**IPA (UK):** /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/
**Frequency rank:** 22784

## Meanings
1. A person who takes part in something.

## Examples
- Every participant in the study received a small payment.

## Derived Forms
- participant-observer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: participant
- Root: participāns

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).

## AI Etymology
Participant was borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-, Middle French participant, and Latin participāns. Modern senses include a person who takes part in something. The wider word family includes derivatives such as participant-observer.

## Topics
- People & Society

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