School
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English
Noun
school (schools)
- An institution dedicated to teaching children.
- (US) a college or university.
- A department or institute (sometimes part of a university) dedicated to a specific subject (School of Economics, School of Dance).
- Considered collectively, the followers of a particular doctrine (the monetarist school). School of thought, particular way of thinking or particular doctrine.
- A group of fishes.
Synonyms
- college (1, 2)
- academy (subset of 2)
- university (subset of 2)
- institute (3)
- department (subset of 3)
- further education college (subset of 2)
- FE college (subset of 2)
- shoal (5)
Translations
- Arabic: مدرسة (madrasah)
- Breton: skol f -ioù pl (1,4), skol-veur f s.-meur pl (2), kevrenn f (3), bank m, moudenn f (5)
- Bulgarian: училище n (1), колеж m (2), университет m (2), факултет m (3), школа f (4), пасаж m (5)
- Catalan: escola f
- Chinese: simplified 学校, traditional 學校 (xuéxiào)
- Czech: škola f
- Dutch: school f (1, 2, 3, 4), universiteit (2)
- Finnish: koulu (1, 3), yliopisto (2), koulukunta (4)
- French: école f (1, 3, 4), collège m (1), université f (2)
- German: Schule f (1,3,4), Universität f, Hochschule f (2)
- Greek: σχολείο n
- Hebrew: בית ספר f
- Interlingua: schola (1, 2, 3, 4), banco (5)
- Irish: scoil
- Italian: scuola f (1), università f (2)
- Japanese: 学校 (がっこう, gakkou)
- Korean: 학교
- Lithuanian: mokykla f (1-4)
- Polish: szkoła f
- Portuguese: escola f (1, 2, 3, 4); cardume m (5)
- Romanian: şcoală f (1-4)
- Romanica: schola f (1, 2, 3, 4), banco m (5)
- Russian: шкoлa f
- Scottish Gaelic: sgoil
- Slovak: škola f
- Slovene: šola f (1, 4)
- Spanish: escuela (1), universidad (2)
- Tagalog: skwelahan, paaralan n (1), pamantasan n (2)
See also
- Wikipedia article on schools
Transitive Verb
to school
- To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
Translations
- Breton: skoliata, kelenn
- Bulgarian: обучавам
- Dutch: scholen
- Finnish: kouluttaa
- German: unterrichten
- Interlingua: educar, instruer, inseniar
- Portuguese: educar, instruir, ensinar, escolarizar
- Romanica: educar, instruer, inseniar, scholarizar
Related terms
- schoolbook
- schoolboy
- schoolgirl
- schooling
- infant school
- junior school
- primary school
- secondary school
- high school
- junior high school
- middle school
- upper school
- grammar school
- secondary modern school
- prep school
- sixth form college
See also
- college
- kindergarten
- university, uni
Dutch
Noun
school
- An institution dedicated to teaching children.
- A department or institute (sometimes part of a university) dedicated to a specific subject (dansschool, muziekschool).
- Considered collectively, the followers of a particular doctrine (the monetarist school). School of thought, particular way of thinking or particular doctrine.
- A group of fish
Synonyms
- college
- academie
- universiteit
- instituut
Derived terms
- basisschool
- hogeschool
- kleuterschool
- lagere school
- middelbare school
Translations
- English: school (1,2,3)
Verb
school
- first person present tense of scholen (to school)
- singular past tense of schuilen (to hide, take cover)
