schoolchild

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schoolchild

  • /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/
  • /ˈsku.əlt͡ʃaɪld/

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From school + child.

noun schoolchildren · school-child · school child

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

    Similar: pupil, student, schoolkid

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noun young person attending school or of an age to attend school

Españolescolar, alumno, alumna, colegiala, colegial
日本語学童 gakudō, 児童 jidō, 生徒 seito, 学生 gakusei, 弟子 deshi
中文學生 /学生 xuéshēng, 弟子 dìzǐ
हिन्दीस्कूल विद्यार्थी skūl vidyārthī
Portuguêsestudante, aluno
Françaisélève, écolier, écolière
DeutschSchulkind, Schüler, Schülerin
Italianoalunno, alunna, scolaro, scolara
Ελληνικάμαθητής mathitís, μαθήτρια mathítria
Românășcolar, școlăriță, elev, elevă
Русскийучени́к učeník, учени́ца učeníca, шко́льник škólʹnik, шко́льница škólʹnica
Tiếng Việthọc sinh
العربيةتِلْمِيذ tilmīḏ, تِلْمِيذَة tilmīḏa
עבריתתַּלְמִיד talmíd

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@misc{schoolchild_2026,
  title = {schoolchild},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schoolchild},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}