Phrase guide

language school

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A school where foreign languages are taught

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a school for teaching foreign languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: school

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Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkollë gjuhësh — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Arabic: مَدْرَسَةُ لُغَات (madrasatu luḡāt) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Armenian: եզվի դպրոց (ezvi dprocʻ) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Azerbaijani: dil məktəbi — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Belarusian: мо́ўная шко́ла (mównaja škóla) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Bulgarian: ези́кова гимна́зия (ezíkova gimnázija) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Bulgarian: ези́ково учи́лище (ezíkovo učílište) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語言學校 /语言学校 (yǔyán xuéxiào) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Czech: jazyková škola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Danish: sprogskole — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Dutch: talenschool — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Dutch: taleninstituut — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Estonian: keeltekool — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Finnish: kielikoulu — school where foreign languages are taught
  • French: école de langues — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Georgian: ენის სკოლა (enis sḳola) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • German: Sprachschule — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Greek: σχολή ξένων γλωσσών (scholí xénon glossón) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Hindi: भाषाओं का स्कूल (bhāṣāõ kā skūl) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Hungarian: nyelviskola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Icelandic: málaskóli — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Indonesian: sekolah bahasa — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Italian: scuola di lingue — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Japanese: 語学学校 (gogaku gakkō) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Japanese: 語学院 (gogakuin) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Japanese: 言語学校 (gengo gakkō) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Kazakh: тіл мектебі (tıl mektebı) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Korean: 어학원 (eohagwon) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Korean: 어학 학교 (eohak hakgyo) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Korean: 언어 학교 (eoneo hakgyo) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Kyrgyz: тил мектеби (til mektebi) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Latvian: valodu skola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Lithuanian: kalbų mokykla — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Macedonian: јазично училиште (jazično učilište) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Malay: sekolah bahasa — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Mongolian: хэлний сургууль (xelnii surguulʹ) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Norwegian Bokmål: språkskole — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Iranian Persian: مَدْرِسِهٔ زَبان (madrese-ye zabân) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Polish: szkoła językowa — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Portuguese: escola de idiomas — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Romanian: școală de limbi — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Romanian: școală de limbi străine — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Russian: языкова́я шко́ла (jazykovája škóla) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Serbo-Croatian: језична школа — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Serbo-Croatian: езичка школа — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Serbo-Croatian: jezična škola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Serbo-Croatian: jezička škola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Slovak: jazyková škola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Slovene: jezikovna šola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Spanish: escuela de idiomas — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Spanish: academia de idiomas — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Swedish: språkskola — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Tajik: мактаби забон (maktab-i zabon) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Thai: โรงเรียนสอนภาษา (roong-riian sɔ̌ɔn paa-sǎa) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Turkish: dil okulu — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Turkmen: dil mekdebi — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Ukrainian: мо́вна шко́ла (móvna škóla) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Urdu: زَبان کا اِسْکُول (zabān kā iskūl) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Urdu: زُبان کا اِسْکُول (zubān kā iskūl) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Uyghur: تىل مەكتىپى (til mektipi) — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Uzbek: til maktabi — school where foreign languages are taught
  • Vietnamese: trường ngôn ngữ — school where foreign languages are taught