classmate
/ˈklɑːs.meɪt/US/ˈklæs.meɪt/
classmate noun: a student who is in the same class at school.
Noun
classmate (plural classmates)
- A student who is in the same class at school.
- Danny and I have been classmates for five years, but I've never spoken to him outside of lessons.
- She was your classmate at the village school from first grade.2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 353
- A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.
- The Class 87 is the only main line-certified member of the fleet left in the UK, although there are 21 classmates in use overseas [...]2019 October 23, Rail, page 30
classmate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
classmate in Hindi
- student who is in the same class at school
- सहपाठी sahpāṭhī
classmate in Tamil
- வகுப்பர்
classmate in Marathi
- सहपाठिणी
classmate in Urdu
- student who is in the same class at school
- ہَم جَماعَت ham jamā'at, ہَم سَبَق ham sabaq
More languagesFewer languages
- classmate in Bengali
- সহপাঠী śohpaṭhi
- classmate in Telugu
- క్లాస్మేట్
- classmate in Malayalam
- സഹപാഠി sahapāṭhi
- classmate in Kannada
- ಒಡನೋದಿ
- classmate in Punjabi
- ਕਲਾਸਮੇਟ
- classmate in Gujarati
- સહાધ્યાયી sahādhyāyī
- classmate in Odia
- ସହପାଠୀ
- classmate in Nepali
- सहपाठी sahapāṭhī
- classmate in Pashto
- همصنف hamsenf, هم صنفي ham senfi, ټولګيوال ṭolgaywāl
- classmate in Tagalog
- kaklase
- classmate in Arabic
- زَمِيل دِرَاسَة zamīl dirāsa, رَفِيق صَفّ rafīq ṣaff, زَمِيل zamīl, رَفِيق rafīq
- classmate in Malay
- rakan sekelas
- classmate in Thai
- เพื่อนร่วมชั้น pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-chán
- classmate in Vietnamese
- bạn cùng lớp
- classmate in Myanmar
- ကျောင်းနေဖက် kyaung:nehpak
Examples of classmate in a sentence
- He's a year older than his classmates, because he was held back in second grade.
- With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates.
- She was a bright and industrious student, smarter than many of her classmates, leastaways.
Forms of classmate
| plural | classmates |
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Origin of classmate
From class + -mate.
Questions about classmate
- What does classmate mean?
- Classmate means a student who is in the same class at school.
- What is classmate in Hindi?
- Classmate in Hindi is सहपाठी (sahpāṭhī). See Classmate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is classmate?
- Classmate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce classmate?
- Classmate is pronounced /ˈklɑːs.meɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of classmate?
- The plural of classmate is classmates.
Words near classmate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: classmate (page history and authors); classmate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); classmate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); classmate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); classmate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); classmate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); સહાધ્યાયી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); classmate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सहपाठी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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