occupant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.jə.pənt/

Noun

occupant (plural occupants)

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

   I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position

   occupant of the Oval Office

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

person who occupies an office or a position

• Azerbaijani: işğalçı (az)
• Czech: okupant (cs) m
• Finnish: haltija (fi)
• French: occupant (fr) m
• Georgian: ოკუპანტი (oḳuṗanṭi)
• German: Besatzer (de) m, Besatzerin f, Okkupant (de) m, Okkupantin f
• Persian: صاحب (fa) (sâheb)
• Russian: оккупа́нт (ru) m (okkupánt), оккупа́нтка f (okkupántka)
• Spanish: ocupante m or f
• Ukrainian: окупа́нт m (okupánt), окупа́нтка f (okupántka)

person sitting in a vehicle

• Bulgarian: пътник (bg) m (pǎtnik)
• Czech: cestující (cs) m or f
• Dutch: inzittende (nl) m
• Finnish: matkustaja (fi) (passenger); kuljettaja (fi) (driver)
• French: occupant (fr) m, passager (fr) m
• Portuguese: ocupante (pt) m or f
• Russian: пассажи́р (ru) m (passažír), пассажи́рка (ru) f (passažírka)
• Spanish: ocupante m or f

owner or tenant

• Bulgarian: жител m (žitel), обитател (bg) m (obitatel)
• Dutch: bewoner (nl) m
• Finnish: asukas (fi), haltija (fi)
• French: habitant (fr) m
• German: Bewohner (de) m, Bewohnerin (de) f
• Greek: κάτοχος (el) m or f (kátochos), ένοικος (el) m or f (énoikos) (tenant)
• Maori: kainoho
• Persian: صاحب (fa) (sâheb), مالک (fa) (mâlek)
• Russian: жиле́ц (ru) m (žiléc), квартира́нт (ru) m (kvartiránt), квартира́нтка (ru) f (kvartirántka)
• Spanish: ocupante m or f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ky.pɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Participle

occupant

1. present participle of occuper

Adjective

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

1. occupying

Noun

occupant m (plural occupants, feminine occupante)

1. occupant (tenant of a property)
2. occupier; occupying forces (one who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another)

   Near-synonym: envahisseur

Further reading

• “occupant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

occupant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of occupō