Dictionary

schoolchild en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• skōōlchīld
• /ˈsku.əlt͡ʃaɪld/
• /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/

Etymology

From school + child.

Meanings

1. A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
   • […] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict. 1988 January 29, Steve Bogira, “Interdistrict Transfer”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Spring ahead, fall back: Kathleen had once learned some rhyme about that when she was a schoolchild, but she no longer remembered it. 2011, Meg Mitchell Moore, The Arrivals:
   • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:

Forms

Synonyms

schoolkid · student · pupil

Translations (84)

vi học sinh (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · io skolopuero (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · dsb wuknik (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · sh ученик (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nn skulebarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ar تِلْمِيذَة (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · is skólabarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · it alunna (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · da skoleelev (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · es colegiala (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ro școlăriță (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nrf êcoliéthe (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hu tanuló (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · my ကျောင်းသူ (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · fr élève (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · cmn 弟子 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ar تِلْمِيذ (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · sh učenik (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · pt estudante (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · es alumna (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · it alunno (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · sv skolbarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · de Schülerin (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ba уҡыусы (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · eo lernejano (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · my ကျောင်းသား (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · tg талаба (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ro elev (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hy աշակերտուհի (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ru учени́ца (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hu iskolás (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hy աշակերտ (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ru учени́к (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · pl szkolniak (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · lus zirlai naupang (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ru шко́льница (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · he תַּלְמִיד (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · es alumno (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hil palatuon (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · tl estudyante (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ja 児童 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · tl mag-aaral (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · az məktəbli (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nv áłchíní ółtaʼígíí (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · es escolar (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ga dalta (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · pl uczeń (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hrx Schiler (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · de Schulkind (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · el μαθητής (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ja 弟子 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nn skolebarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hil estudyante (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · pt aluno (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nl schoolkind (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hrx Schilerin (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · fr écolière (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · da skolebarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · cmn 學生 /学生 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nan-hbl 學生 /学生 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · hi स्कूल विद्यार्थी (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · it scolara (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ru шко́льник (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ga scoláire (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · az şagird (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · sh ученица (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · fr écolier (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · fi koululainen (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · de Schüler (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · yue 學生 /学生 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nb skolebarn (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ja 生徒 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ro elevă (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ro școlar (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · sh učenica (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ja 学童 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · it scolaro (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · el μαθήτρια (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · fy skoallebern (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · is skólakrakki (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · ja 学生 (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · nrf êcolyi (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · dsb wuknica (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) · es colegial (young person attending school or of an age to attend school)