adjective · rare

truant

tru·ant

прогулюючий

прогульщик, прогульщица, прогуливающий

am Schwänzen, herumgammelnd, herumhängend, herumlungernd

Shirking or wandering from business or dutyShirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.

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UK/ˈtɹuːənt/US/ˈtɹuənt/

» Fritz admits he often plays truant.

Fritz gibt zu, dass er oft die Schule schwänzt.

Фріц визнає, що він часто прогулює школу.

Meaning

3 senses

(not comparable)Shirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
herumgammelnd, herumhängend, herumlungernd
(not comparable, specifically)Of a student: absent from school without permission.
He didn’t graduate because he was chronically truant and didn’t have enough attendances to meet the requirement.
am Schwänzen, schulschwänzend
прогу́ливающийprogúlivajuščij, прогу́льщикprogúlʹščik, прогу́льщицаprogúlʹščica
прогулюючийprohuljujučyj
absent without permission
(not comparable, obsolete)Having no real substance; unimportant, vain, worthless.

Examples

19 sentences

Fritz admits he often plays truant.
Фріц визнає, що він часто прогулює школу. — ascolto
deFritz gibt zu, dass er oft die Schule schwänzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Every school pupil has played truant at some time or another.
Кожен школяр хоча б раз у житті прогулював уроки. — deniko
deJeder Schüler hat irgendwann mal die Schule geschwänzt. — al_ex_an_der
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I often played truant.
Я часто прогулював школу. — deniko
ruЯ часто прогуливал школу. — marafon
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Did Tom use to play truant?
ruТом прогуливал уроки? — Wezel
dePflegte Tom die Schule zu schwänzen? — Espi
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Quite a few students played truant from school.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of a student: absent from school without permission:

Русский

By meaning 1

of a student: absent from school without permission:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

shirking or wandering from business or duty:

of a student: absent from school without permission:

Origin

The adjective and noun are derived from Middle English truant, truand, truaund (“(adjectiv

The adjective and noun are derived from Middle English truant, truand, truaund (“(adjective) idle; tending to vagrancy (uncertain; may be a use of the noun); (noun) beggar; mendicant friar; vagrant, wanderer; worthless person, rogue, scoundrel; one who is absent without leave, truant; one who shirks duties”), from Old French truant, truand (“(adjective) beggarly; roguish; (noun) a beggar, vagabond; a rogue”) (modern French truand), probably of Celtic origin, possibly from Gaulish *trugan, or from Breton truan (“wretched”), from Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₁-tro-m, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce; to rub; to turn”).

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