pupil

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• /ˈpjuːpəl/
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• /ˈpj̥uːpəɫ/
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• rhymes with -uːpəl
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• homophone: pupal
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From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).

From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

344 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: nxënës — learner
• Albanian: nxënëse — learner
• Arabic: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) — learner
• Arabic: تِلْمِيذَة (tilmīḏa) — learner
• Arabic: تلميذ (telmīz) — learner
• Arabic: تلميذة (telmīza) — learner
• Arabic: طَالِب (ṭālib) — learner
• Arabic: طَالْبَة (ṭālba) — learner
• Aragonese: nineta — learner
• Armenian: աշակերտ (ašakert) — learner
• Azerbaijani: şagird — learner
• Baluchi: دانش آموز — learner
• Bashkir: уҡыусы (uqıwsı) — learner
• Belarusian: ву́чань (vúčanʹ) — learner
• Belarusian: вучані́ца (vučaníca) — learner
• Bulgarian: учени́к (učeník) — learner
• Bulgarian: учени́чка (učeníčka) — learner
• Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (kyaung:sa:) — learner
• Burmese: ကျောင်းသူ (kyaung:su) — learner
• Catalan: alumne — learner
• Catalan: alumna — learner
• Catalan: pupil — learner
• Catalan: pupil·la — learner
• Chinese Mandarin: 學生 /学生 (xuésheng) — learner
• Chinese Mandarin: 弟子 (dìzǐ) — learner
• Chinese Mandarin: 生徒 (shēngtú) — learner
• Czech: žák — learner
• Czech: žákyně — learner
• Czech: žačka — learner
• Danish: elev — learner
• Dutch: leerling — learner
• Esperanto: lernejano — learner
• Esperanto: lernejanino — learner
• Esperanto: lernanto — learner
• Esperanto: lernantino — learner
• Esperanto: zorgato — learner
• Esperanto: zorgatino — learner
• Estonian: õpilane — learner
• Faroese: næmingur — learner
• Finnish: oppilas — learner
• French: élève — learner
• Georgian: მოსწავლე (mosc̣avle) — learner
• German: Schüler — learner
• German: Schülerin — learner
• German: Schulkind — learner
• Greek: μαθητής (mathitís) — learner
• Greek: μαθήτρια (mathítria) — learner
• Ancient Greek: φοιτητής (phoitētḗs) — learner
• Ancient Greek: μαθητής (mathētḗs) — learner
• Ancient Greek: μαθητρία (mathētría) — learner
• Hebrew: תַּלְמִיד (talmíd) — learner
• Hebrew: תַּלְמִידָה (talmidá) — learner
• Hindi: छात्र (chātra) — learner
• Hindi: शागिर्द (śāgird) — learner
• Hindi: शिष्य (śiṣya) — learner
• Hungarian: tanuló (schoolchild) — learner
• Hungarian: diák — learner
• Hungarian: tanítvány — learner
• Hungarian: növendék — learner
• Icelandic: nemandi — learner
• Irish: dalta — learner
• Irish: fealmhac — learner
• Irish: fochlac — learner
• Irish: scológ — learner
• Old Irish: daltae — learner
• Italian: allievo — learner
• Italian: allieva — learner
• Japanese: 学童 (gakudō) — learner
• Japanese: 児童 (jidō) — learner
• Japanese: 生徒 (seito) — learner
• Japanese: 学生 (gakusei) — learner
• Japanese: 弟子 (deshi) — learner
• Kabyle: abalmud — learner
• Kalmyk: сурһульч (surğulʹç) — learner
• Kazakh: оқушы (oquşy) — learner
• Khmer: សេក្ខ (seek) — learner
• Khmer: កូនសិស្ស (koun səh) — learner
• Khmer: សិស្ស (səh) — learner
• Korean: 학생 (haksaeng) — learner
• Korean: 생도 (saengdo) — learner
• Korean: 제자 (jeja) — learner
• Northern Kurdish: şagirt — learner
• Northern Kurdish: xwendekar — learner
• Kyrgyz: окуучу (okuucu) — learner
• Kyrgyz: үйрөнчүк (üyröncük) — learner
• Lao: ນັກຮຽນ (nak hīan) — learner
• Latin: studēns — learner
• Latin: discipulus — learner
• Latin: discipula — learner
• Latvian: skolnieks — learner
• Latvian: skolniece — learner
• Lithuanian: mokinys — learner
• Lithuanian: mokinė — learner
• Luxembourgish: Schüler — learner
• Macedonian: у́ченик (účenik) — learner
• Macedonian: уче́ничка (učénička) — learner
• Malayalam: വിദ്യാർഥി (vidyāṟthi) — learner
• Malayalam: ശിഷ്യൻ (śiṣyaṉ) — learner
• Manx: doltey — learner
• Mingrelian: მოგურაფუ (mogurapu) — learner
• Mongolian: оюутан (ojuutan) — learner
• Mongolian: сурагч (suragč) — learner
• Mongolian: ᠣᠶᠤᠲᠠᠨ (oyutan) — learner
• Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ (suruɣči) — learner
• Southern Ndebele: umfundi — learner
• Norman: êcolyi — learner
• Norman: êcoliéthe — learner
• Norwegian Bokmål: elev — learner
• Norwegian Bokmål: skoleelev — learner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elev — learner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skoleelev — learner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skuleelev — learner
• Pali: sekha — learner
• Pashto: شاګرد (šāgᶕrd) — learner
• Persian: شاگِرْد (šâgerd) — learner
• Persian: تِلْمیذ (telmiz) — learner
• Persian: خوانَنْدِه (xânande) — learner
• Persian: طالِب (tâleb) — learner
• Persian: طالِبِ عِلْم (tâleb-e 'elm) — learner
• Persian: دانِشآموز (dâneš-âmuz) — learner
• Plautdietsch: Scheela — learner
• Polish: uczeń — learner
• Polish: uczennica — learner
• Portuguese: aluno — learner
• Portuguese: aluna — learner
• Portuguese: pupilo — learner
• Portuguese: pupila — learner
• Quechua: yachakuq — learner
• Quechua: yachachikuq — learner
• Romanian: elev — learner
• Romanian: elevă — learner
• Russian: учени́к (učeník) — learner
• Russian: учени́ца (učeníca) — learner
• Russian: уча́щийся (učáščijsja) — learner
• Russian: уча́щаяся (učáščajasja) — learner
• Skolt-Sami: škooulneʹǩǩ — learner
• Sanskrit: छात्र (chātra) — learner
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoilear — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏ченӣк — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏ченица — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: ђа̑к — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕčenīk — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕčenica — learner
• Serbo-Croatian: đȃk — learner
• Slovak: žiak — learner
• Slovak: žiačka — learner
• Slovene: učenec — learner
• Slovene: učenka — learner
• Southern Altai: ӱренчик (ürenčik) — learner
• Southern Altai: ӱренеечи (üreneeči) — learner
• Spanish: alumno — learner
• Spanish: alumna — learner
• Spanish: pupilo — learner
• Swedish: elev — learner
• Tajik: шогирд (šogird) — learner
• Tajik: талаба (talaba) — learner
• Tajik: хонанда (xonanda) — learner
• Tajik: толиби илм (tolib-i ilm) — learner
• Tatar: укучы (uquçı) — learner
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (vidyārthi) — learner
• Thai: นักเรียน (nák-riian) — learner
• Turkish: öğrenci — learner
• Ottoman Turkish: شاگرد (şagird) — learner
• Turkmen: okuwçy — learner
• Ukrainian: у́чень (účenʹ) — learner
• Ukrainian: учени́ця (učenýcja) — learner
• Urdu: شاگِرْد (śāgird) — learner
• Urdu: تِلْمِیذ (tilmīz) — learner
• Urdu: طالِب (tālib) — learner
• Urdu: طالِبِ عِلْم (tālib-i 'ilm) — learner
• Uyghur: شاگىرت (shagirt) — learner
• Uyghur: ئوقۇغۇچى (oqughuchi) — learner
• Uzbek: oʻquvchi — learner
• Uzbek: shogird — learner
• Uzbek: tolibi ilm — learner
• Vietnamese: học sinh — learner
• Vietnamese: học trò — learner
• Volapük: julan — learner
• Volapük: lärnan — learner
• Volapük: tidäb — learner
• Volapük: donajulan — learner
• Welsh: disgybl — learner
• Xhosa: umfundi — learner
• Yiddish: תּלמיד (talmed) — learner
• Zulu: umfundi — learner
• French: pupille — orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state
• Polish: wychowanek — orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state
• Afrikaans: pupil — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Albanian: bebe — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Amis: 'emamosa — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Arabic: حَدَقَة (ḥadaqa) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Arabic: بُؤْبُؤ (buʔbuʔ) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Arabic: إنْسَان العَيْن (ʔinsān al-ʕayn) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Arabic: نني (ninni) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Arabic: بُؤبُؤ (buʔbuʔ) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Armenian: բիբ (bib) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Avar: ясбер (jasber) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Azerbaijani: bəbək — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Basque: begi-nini — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Belarusian: зрэ́нка (zrénka) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Belarusian: зяні́ца (zjaníca) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Bengali: পিউপিল (piupil) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Bulgarian: зени́ца (zeníca) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Catalan: pupil·la — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Chinese Cantonese: 瞳孔 — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Chinese: нянжынзы (nianřɨnzɨ) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞳孔 (tóngkǒng) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞳子 (tóngzi) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Chuvash: куҫ шӑрҫи (kuś šărś̬i) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Czech: zornice — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Danish: pupil — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Dutch: pupil — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Egyptian: D:f-D:D12 (ḏfḏ) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Egyptian: H-M42:n-t-A17-i-m-t-D4 (ḥwnt jmt jrt) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Esperanto: pupilo — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Estonian: silmaava — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Faroese: sjónop — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Finnish: pupilli — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Finnish: silmäterä — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Finnish: mustuainen — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• French: pupille — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• French: prunelle — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Georgian: გუგა (guga) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• German: Pupille — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• German: Sehloch — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• German: das Schwarze im Auge — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Greek: κόρη (kóri) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ancient Greek: κόρη (kórē) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Gujarati: કીકી (kīkī) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hamer-Banna: áapisa tʼía — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hanunoo: alintawo — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hebrew: אִישׁוֹן (ishón) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hindi: तारा (tārā) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hindi: तारक (tārak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hindi: पुतली (putlī) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• White Hmong: ntsiab muag — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Hungarian: pupilla — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ingrian: silmäterä — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ingrian: ruskulain — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Irish: mac imrisc — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Italian: pupilla — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Japanese: 瞳 (hitomi) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Japanese: 瞳孔 (dōkō) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Jeju: 눈동ᄌᆞ (nundongjaw) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Jeju: 눈공ᄌᆞ (nun'gongjaw) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Kalmyk: цецгә (tsetsgä) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Kazakh: қарақ (qaraq) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Khmer: អក្សិតារា (akse’ taaraa) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Khmer: ចក្ខុបសាទ (cakkho’ pa’saat) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Khmer: កូនក្រមុំភ្នែក (koon krɑmum pnɛɛk) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Korean: 눈동자 (nundongja) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Early Modern Korean: 눈엣동자 (nwuneystwongca) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Middle Korean: 누ᇇ부텨 (nwunspwuthye) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Northern Kurdish: bîbik — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Kyrgyz: карек (karek) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Latin: pūpilla — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Latin: cora — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Latvian: zīlīte — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Lithuanian: vyzdys — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Macedonian: зеница (zenica) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Macedonian: црнка (crnka) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Malay: انق مات — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Malay: ڤوڤيل — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Malay: anak mata — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Malay: pupil — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Malayalam: കൃഷ്ണമണി (kr̥ṣṇamaṇi) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Māori: whatupango — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Māori: whatu — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Māori: karupango — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Mongolian: хүүхэн хараа (xüüxen xaraa) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Navajo: anázhiin ałníiʼdiígíí — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Nepali: आँखाको नानी (ā̃khāko nānī) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Norman: preunelle dé l'yi — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Norwegian: pupill — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Church Slavic: зѣница (zěnica) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Old East Slavic: зѣница (zěnica) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Old English: sēo — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Persian: مردمک (mardomak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Polish: źrenica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Portuguese: pupila — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Portuguese: menina — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Portuguese: menina do olho — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Punjabi: ਪੁਤਲੀ (putlī) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Rapa Nui: 'arioko — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Romanian: pupilă — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Russian: зрачо́к (zračók) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Russian: зени́ца (zeníca) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Sanskrit: कनीनिका (kanīnikā) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Sanskrit: तारा (tārā) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Scottish Gaelic: clach na sùla — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Scottish Gaelic: dubh — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Serbo-Croatian: zjènica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Serbo-Croatian: zenica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Serbo-Croatian: zjȅna — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Serbo-Croatian: zȅna — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Slovak: zrenica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Slovak: zornica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Slovene: zenica — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Southern Altai: кӧс балазы (kös balazï) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Spanish: pupila — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Spanish: niñeta — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Swahili: mboni — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Swedish: pupill — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Swedish: ögonsten — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tagalog: inla — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tagalog: balintatao — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tagalog: balintataw — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tajik: гавҳарак (gavharak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tajik: мардумак (mardumak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tajik: ангурак (angurak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tarifit: mummu — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tatar: күз карасы (küz qarası) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Thai: รูม่านตา (ruu-mâan-dtaa) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tooro: emboni class 9 — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Tumbuka: mboni — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Turkish: gözbebeği — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ottoman Turkish: گوز ببكی (göz bebeği) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ottoman Turkish: حدقه (hadeka) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ukrainian: зіни́ця (zinýcja) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Ukrainian: зі́нка (zínka) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Urdu: انسان العین (insān-ul-ayn) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Urdu: سیاہی چشم (siyāhi-e-chasm) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Urdu: پتلی (putlī) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Urdu: مردمک (mardumak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Uzbek: koʻz qorasi — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Uzbek: qorachiq — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Vietnamese: ngươi — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Vietnamese: đồng tử — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Volapük: püpil — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Welsh: cannwyll llygad — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yaghnobi: нинак (ninak) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: אַפּל (apl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: פּופּילע (pupile) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: שוואַרצאַפּל (shvartsapl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: אויגנשוואַרצל (oygnshvartsl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: אויגנאַפּל (oygnapl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: אויגאַפּל (oygapl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: שוואַרצל (shvartsl) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: קליין מענטשעלע (kleyn mentshele) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yiddish: קליין־מענטשעלע (kleyn-mentshele) — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Yoruba: ọmọlójú — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Zhuang: lwgbaed — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
• Zulu: inhlamvu yeso — the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye