primary school

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primary school

  • /ˈpɹaɪməɹi skuːl/
  • /ˈpɹaɪˌmɛɹi-/

noun primary schools

  1. Australia, India, New Zealand, Philippines, UK, countable A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade. The child's mother was tearful as he boarded the bus for his first day of primary school.

    Similar: elementary school, grade school

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noun first formal, obligatory school

Españolprimaria
한국어초등학교 chodeunghakgyo, 국민학교 gungminhakgyo
日本語小学校 shōgakkō
中文小學 /小学 xiǎoxué
हिन्दीप्राथमिक विद्यालय prāthmik vidyālay, प्राइमरी स्कूल prāimrī skūl
Portuguêsprimária
Françaisécole primaire
DeutschGrundschule, Volksschule
Italianoscuola elementare
Ελληνικάδημοτικό σχολείο dimotikó scholeío
Românășcoală primară, școală elementară
Русскийсемиле́тка semilétka, нача́льная шко́ла načálʹnaja škóla
Tiếng Việttrường tiểu học
العربيةمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة madrasa l-ibtidāʔiyya
עבריתבֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי bet séfer ysodí, בֵּית סֵפֶר עֲמָמִי bet séfer 'amamí

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@misc{primary_school_2026,
  title = {primary school},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/primary%20school},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}