Phrase guide

boarding school

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/

1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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