Dictionary

schoolmate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskulˌmeɪt/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• sko͞ol′māt′
• /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English school Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English schoolmate From school + -mate.

Meanings

1. A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
   • The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
   • I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions.
2. (broadly) A schoolfriend; a friend from one's school.

Forms

Hyponyms

classmate · deskmate · schoolfriend

Synonyms

schoolfellow · fellow

Translations (25)

kk мектептес (person who attended school with the subject) · es condiscípulo (person who attended school with the subject) · bg съученик (person who attended school with the subject) · da skolekammerat (person who attended school with the subject) · hi सहपाठी (person who attended school with the subject) · cs spolužák (person who attended school with the subject) · es condiscípula (person who attended school with the subject) · qu yachakuq masi (person who attended school with the subject) · fi koulukaveri (person who attended school with the subject) · da medstuderende (person who attended school with the subject) · fi koulutoveri (person who attended school with the subject) · la condiscipula (person who attended school with the subject) · la condiscipulus (person who attended school with the subject) · fr camarade (person who attended school with the subject) · sh kolegica (person who attended school with the subject) · de Schulkamerad (Schulkameradin f) (person who attended school with the subject) · tl kaeskuwela (person who attended school with the subject) · hu iskolatárs (person who attended school with the subject) · sh kolega (person who attended school with the subject) · sv skolkamrat (person who attended school with the subject) · es compañero de clase (person who attended school with the subject) · de Mitschüler (Mitschülerin f) (person who attended school with the subject) · ru однокла́ссник (person who attended school with the subject) · fr camarade d'école (person who attended school with the subject) · pt colega de classe (person who attended school with the subject)