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classmate

noun · 3 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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːs.meɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈklæs.meɪt/
  • General-American: [ˈklæsmeɪt]
  • Canada: [ˈklasmeːt]
  • British, Southern, Standard: [ˈklasmɛjt]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 S M EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A student who is in the same class at school.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Danny and I have been classmates for five years, but I've never spoken to him outside of lessons.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an acquaintance that you go to school with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: schoolmate, schoolfellow, class fellow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acquaintance, friend

History

Etymology

From class + -mate.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bashkënxënës — student who is in the same class at school
  • Albanian: bashkënxënëse — student who is in the same class at school
  • Arabic: زَمِيل دِرَاسَة (zamīl dirāsa) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Arabic: رَفِيق صَفّ (rafīq ṣaff) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Arabic: زَمِيل (zamīl) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Arabic: رَفِيق (rafīq) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Arabic: زميل (zamīl) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Armenian: դասընկեր (dasənker) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Armenian: դասընկերուհի (dasənkeruhi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Armenian: դասարանցի (dasarancʻi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Azerbaijani: sinif yoldaşı — student who is in the same class at school
  • Belarusian: аднакла́снік (adnaklásnik) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Belarusian: аднакла́сніца (adnaklásnica) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Bengali: সহপাঠী (śohpaṭhi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Bulgarian: съучени́к (sǎučeník) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Bulgarian: съучени́чка (sǎučeníčka) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Burmese: ကျောင်းနေဖက် (kyaung:nehpak) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese Cantonese: 同學 /同学 — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hakka Chinese: 同學 /同学 (thùng-ho̍k) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hakka Chinese: 同窗 (thùng-chhûng) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese: 同學 /同学 (tông-ha̍k) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese: 同窗 (tông-chhong) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同學 /同学 (tóngxué) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同班同學 /同班同学 (tóngbāntóngxué) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同班 (tóngbān) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Czech: spolužák — student who is in the same class at school
  • Czech: spolužačka — student who is in the same class at school
  • Czech: spolužákyně — student who is in the same class at school
  • Danish: klassekammerat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Danish: skolekammerat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dutch: klasgenoot — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dutch: klasgenote — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dutch: medeleerling — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dutch: medeleerlinge — student who is in the same class at school
  • Estonian: klassikaaslane — student who is in the same class at school
  • Finnish: luokkakaveri — student who is in the same class at school
  • Finnish: luokkatoveri — student who is in the same class at school
  • Finnish: luokkalainen — student who is in the same class at school
  • French: camarade — student who is in the same class at school
  • French: camarade de classe — student who is in the same class at school
  • French: camarade d'école — student who is in the same class at school
  • Georgian: კლასელი (ḳlaseli) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Georgian: თანაკლასელი (tanaḳlaseli) — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Klassenkamerad — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Klassenkameradin — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Mitschüler — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Mitschülerin — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Schulkamerad — student who is in the same class at school
  • German: Schulkameradin — student who is in the same class at school
  • Greek: συμμαθητής (symmathitís) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Greek: συμμαθήτρια (symmathítria) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hebrew: חָבֵר לַכִּתָּה (khavér lakitá) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hindi: सहपाठी (sahpāṭhī) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hungarian: osztálytárs — student who is in the same class at school
  • Hungarian: évfolyamtárs — student who is in the same class at school
  • Icelandic: skólabróðir — student who is in the same class at school
  • Icelandic: skólasystir — student who is in the same class at school
  • Irish: comhscoláire — student who is in the same class at school
  • Italian: compagno di classe — student who is in the same class at school
  • Italian: compagna di classe — student who is in the same class at school
  • Japanese: 同級生 (dōkyūsei) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Japanese: 級友 (kyūyū) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Japanese: クラスメート (kurasumēto) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Japanese: クラスメイト (kurasumeito) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kazakh: сабақтас (sabaqtas) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kazakh: сыныптас (synyptas) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kazakh: кластас (klastas) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Khmer: មិត្តរួមជំនាន់ (mɨt ruəm cumnŏən) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Korean: 동급생 (donggeupsaeng) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Korean: 급우 (geubu) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Korean: 반 친구 (ban chin'gu) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Korean: 클래스메이트 (keullaeseumeiteu) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kyrgyz: классташ (klasstaş) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kyrgyz: сабакташ (sabaktaş) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Kyrgyz: мектептеш (mektepteş) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Lao: ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຊັ້ນ (phư̄an hūam san) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Latvian: klasesbiedrs — student who is in the same class at school
  • Latvian: klasesbiedre — student who is in the same class at school
  • Latvian: klasesbiedrene — student who is in the same class at school
  • Lithuanian: bendraklasis — student who is in the same class at school
  • Lithuanian: bendraklasė — student who is in the same class at school
  • Macedonian: соученик (součenik) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Macedonian: соученичка (součenička) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Malay: rakan sekelas — student who is in the same class at school
  • Malayalam: സഹപാഠി (sahapāṭhi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Maltese: sieħbu tal-klassi — student who is in the same class at school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klassekamerat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skolekamerat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Pashto: همصنف (hamsenf) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Pashto: هم صنفي (ham senfi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Pashto: ټولګيوال (ṭolgaywāl) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dari: هَمْصِنْف (hamsinf) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Dari: هَمْصِنْفِی (hamsinfī) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْکِلاس (hamkelâs) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْکِلاسی (hamkelâsi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْدَرْس (hamdars) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْدَرْسی (hamdarsi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْشاگِرْد (hamšâgerd) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Iranian Persian: هَمْشاگِرْدی (hamšâgerdi) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Polish: kolega z klasy — student who is in the same class at school
  • Polish: koleżanka z klasy — student who is in the same class at school
  • Portuguese: colega de classe — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: однокла́ссник (odnoklássnik) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: однокла́ссница (odnoklássnica) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: соучени́к (součeník) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: соучени́ца (součeníca) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: однока́шник (odnokášnik) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: однока́шница (odnokášnica) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: одноку́рсник (odnokúrsnik) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Russian: одноку́рсница (odnokúrsnica) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀ученӣк — student who is in the same class at school
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀ученица — student who is in the same class at school
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùučenīk — student who is in the same class at school
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùučenica — student who is in the same class at school
  • Slovak: spolužiak — student who is in the same class at school
  • Slovak: spolužiačka — student who is in the same class at school
  • Slovene: sošolec — student who is in the same class at school
  • Slovene: sošolka — student who is in the same class at school
  • Spanish: compañero de clase — student who is in the same class at school
  • Spanish: compañera de clase — student who is in the same class at school
  • Spanish: condiscípulo — student who is in the same class at school
  • Swedish: klasskamrat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Swedish: klasskompis — student who is in the same class at school
  • Swedish: skolkamrat — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tagalog: kaklase — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tajik: ҳамсинф (hamsinf) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tajik: шарикдарс (šarikdars) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tajik: ҳамдарс (hamdars) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tajik: ҳамшогирд (hamšogird) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tatar: сабакташ (sabaqtaş) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tatar: сыйныфташ (sıynıftaş) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Thai: เพื่อนร่วมชั้น (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-chán) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Tibetan: སློབ་གྲོགས — student who is in the same class at school
  • Turkish: sınıf arkadaşı — student who is in the same class at school
  • Turkish: sınıftaş — student who is in the same class at school
  • Turkmen: klasdaş — student who is in the same class at school
  • Turkmen: synpdaş — student who is in the same class at school
  • Ukrainian: однокла́сник (odnoklásnyk) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Ukrainian: однокла́сниця (odnoklásnycja) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Urdu: ہَم جَماعَت (ham jamā'at) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Urdu: ہَم سَبَق (ham sabaq) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Uyghur: ساۋاقداش (sawaqdash) — student who is in the same class at school
  • Uzbek: sinfdosh — student who is in the same class at school
  • Uzbek: maktabdosh — student who is in the same class at school
  • Uzbek: saboqdosh — student who is in the same class at school
  • Vietnamese: bạn cùng lớp — student who is in the same class at school
Real reading context

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