noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/
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General-American:/ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/
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noun
Meaning 1
A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: residential school
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: day school
Broader terms: private school
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Western Apache:
dakúʼ naháztąągo daʼółtagihí
— school which provides board and lodging
Arabic:
مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة
(madrasa dāḵiliyya)
— school which provides board and lodging
Armenian:
գիշերօթիկ դպրոց
(gišerōtʻik dprocʻ)
— school which provides board and lodging
Azerbaijani:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Belarusian:
шко́ла-інтэрна́т
(škóla-internát)
— school which provides board and lodging
Bulgarian:
пансио́н
(pansión)
— school which provides board and lodging
Bulgarian:
интернат
(internat)
— school which provides board and lodging
Catalan:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Chinese Mandarin:
寄宿學校 /寄宿学校
(jìsù xuéxiào)
— school which provides board and lodging
Czech:
internátní škola
— school which provides board and lodging
Danish:
kostskole
— school which provides board and lodging
Dutch:
kostschool
— school which provides board and lodging
Dutch:
internaat
— school which provides board and lodging
Esperanto:
internulejo
— school which provides board and lodging
Finnish:
sisäoppilaitos
— school which provides board and lodging
French:
pensionnat
— school which provides board and lodging
French:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Georgian:
ინტერნატი
(inṭernaṭi)
— school which provides board and lodging
Georgian:
სკოლა-ინტერნატი
(sḳola-inṭernaṭi)
— school which provides board and lodging
Georgian:
დახურული სასწავლებელი
(daxuruli sasc̣avlebeli)
— school which provides board and lodging
Georgian:
დახურული სასწავლო დაწესებულება
(daxuruli sasc̣avlo dac̣esebuleba)
— school which provides board and lodging
Georgian:
პანსიონი
(ṗansioni)
— school which provides board and lodging
German:
Internat
— school which provides board and lodging
German:
Pensionat
— school which provides board and lodging
Greek:
οικοτροφείο
(oikotrofeío)
— school which provides board and lodging
Hungarian:
diákotthon
— school which provides board and lodging
Hungarian:
kollégium
— school which provides board and lodging
Hungarian:
bentlakásos iskola
— school which provides board and lodging
Hungarian:
internátus
— school which provides board and lodging
Icelandic:
heimavistarskóli
— school which provides board and lodging
Indonesian:
sekolah asrama
— school which provides board and lodging
Irish:
scoil chónaithe
— school which provides board and lodging
Italian:
collegio
— school which provides board and lodging
Italian:
convitto
— school which provides board and lodging
Italian:
internato
— school which provides board and lodging
Japanese:
寄宿学校
(kishuku gakkō)
— school which provides board and lodging
Japanese:
ボーディングスクール
(bōdingu sukūru)
— school which provides board and lodging
Korean:
기숙학교
(gisukhakgyo)
— school which provides board and lodging
Malay:
sekolah berasrama
— school which provides board and lodging
Manx:
scoill oastys
— school which provides board and lodging
Māori:
kura noho
— school which provides board and lodging
Norman:
pensionnat
— school which provides board and lodging
Norwegian:
internatskole
— school which provides board and lodging
Norwegian:
kostskole
— school which provides board and lodging
Occitan:
pensionat
— school which provides board and lodging
Polish:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Portuguese:
colégio interno
— school which provides board and lodging
Portuguese:
internato
— school which provides board and lodging
Romanian:
școală-internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Romanian:
școală cu internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Russian:
интерна́т
(intɛrnát)
— school which provides board and lodging
Russian:
шко́ла-интерна́т
(škóla-intɛrnát)
— school which provides board and lodging
Lower Sorbian:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Spanish:
internado
— school which provides board and lodging
Spanish:
escuela internada
— school which provides board and lodging
Spanish:
pensionado
— school which provides board and lodging
Spanish:
escuela pensionada
— school which provides board and lodging
Swahili:
shule ya bweni
— school which provides board and lodging
Swedish:
internatskola
— school which provides board and lodging
Swedish:
internat
— school which provides board and lodging
Tajik:
мактаб-интернат
(maktab-internat)
— school which provides board and lodging
Tajik:
интернат
(internat)
— school which provides board and lodging
Turkish:
yatılı okul
— school which provides board and lodging
Ukrainian:
шко́ла-інтерна́т
(škóla-internát)
— school which provides board and lodging
Ukrainian:
інтерна́т
(internát)
— school which provides board and lodging
Welsh:
ysgol breswyl
— school which provides board and lodging