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schoolchild

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.

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  • skōōlchīld
  • /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/
  • /ˈsku.əlt͡ʃaɪld/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S K UW1 L CH AY2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pupil, student, schoolkid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: school-age child, pupil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: young person, youth, younker, spring chicken

Narrower terms: boarder, day boarder, latchkey child, schoolboy

History

Etymology

From school + child.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Arabic: تِلْمِيذَة (tilmīḏa) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Armenian: աշակերտ (ašakert) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Armenian: աշակերտուհի (ašakertuhi) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Azerbaijani: şagird — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Azerbaijani: məktəbli — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Bashkir: уҡыусы (uqıwsı) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (kyaung:sa:) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Burmese: ကျောင်းသူ (kyaung:su) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Chinese Cantonese: 學生 /学生 (hok6 saang1) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Chinese: 學生 /学生 (zh-min-nan) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 學生 /学生 (xuéshēng) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弟子 (dìzǐ) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Danish: skolebarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Danish: skoleelev — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Dutch: schoolkind — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Esperanto: lernejano — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Finnish: koululainen — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • French: élève — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • French: écolier — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • French: écolière — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • West-Frisian: skoallebern — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • German: Schulkind — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • German: Schüler — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • German: Schülerin — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Greek: μαθητής (mathitís) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Greek: μαθήτρια (mathítria) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hebrew: תַּלְמִיד (talmíd) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hiligaynon: estudyante — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hiligaynon: palatuon — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hindi: स्कूल विद्यार्थी (skūl vidyārthī) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hungarian: tanuló — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hungarian: iskolás — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hunsrik: Schiler — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Hunsrik: Schilerin — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Icelandic: skólabarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Icelandic: skólakrakki — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Ido: skolopuero — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Irish: dalta — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Irish: scoláire — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Italian: alunno — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Italian: alunna — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Italian: scolaro — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Italian: scolara — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Japanese: 学童 (gakudō) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Japanese: 児童 (jidō) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Japanese: 生徒 (seito) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Japanese: 学生 (gakusei) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Japanese: 弟子 (deshi) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Mizo: zirlai naupang — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Navajo: áłchíní ółtaʼígíí — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Norman: êcolyi — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Norman: êcoliéthe — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skolebarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skolebarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skulebarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Polish: uczeń — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Polish: szkolniak — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Portuguese: estudante — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Portuguese: aluno — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Romanian: școlar — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Romanian: școlăriță — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Romanian: elev — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Romanian: elevă — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Russian: учени́к (učeník) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Russian: учени́ца (učeníca) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Russian: шко́льник (škólʹnik) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Russian: шко́льница (škólʹnica) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Serbo-Croatian: ученик — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Serbo-Croatian: ученица — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Serbo-Croatian: učenik — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Serbo-Croatian: učenica — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Lower Sorbian: wuknik — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Lower Sorbian: wuknica — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Spanish: escolar — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Spanish: alumno — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Spanish: alumna — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Spanish: colegiala — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Spanish: colegial — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Swedish: skolbarn — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Tagalog: estudyante — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Tagalog: mag-aaral — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Tajik: талаба (talaba) — young person attending school or of an age to attend school
  • Vietnamese: học sinh — young person attending school or of an age to attend school