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primary school

/ˈpɹaɪməɹi skuːl/

primary school noun: a formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.

Noun

primary school (countable and uncountable, plural primary schools)

  1. (Australia, India, New Zealand, Philippines, UK, sometimes) 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.
    • My primary school is a good place to study.

primary school meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

primary school in Hindi

first formal, obligatory school
प्राथमिक विद्यालय prāthmik vidyālay, प्राइमरी स्कूल prāimrī skūl

primary school in Tamil

first formal, obligatory school
தொடக்கப் பள்ளி toṭakkap paḷḷi, துவக்கப் பள்ளி tuvakkap paḷḷi

primary school in Marathi

first formal, obligatory school
प्राथमिक शाळा prāthamika śāḷā

primary school in Urdu

primary school
پرائمری اسکول prāimrī iskūl, مکتب maktab
More languagesFewer languages
primary school in Gujarati
પ્રાથમિક શાળા prāthmik śāḷā
primary school in Tagalog
mababang paaralan, paaralang elementarya
primary school in Arabic
مَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة madrasa l-ibtidāʔiyya
primary school in Malay
sekolah rendah
primary school in Indonesian
sekolah dasar
primary school in Persian
دبستان dabestân
primary school in Thai
ประถมศึกษา bprà-tǒm-sʉ̀k-sǎa
primary school in Vietnamese
trường tiểu học
primary school in Myanmar
မူလတန်း mula.tan:

Synonyms of primary school

Forms of primary school

pluralprimary schools

Words formed from primary school

Questions about primary school

What does primary school mean?
Primary school means a formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.
What is primary school in Hindi?
Primary school in Hindi is प्राथमिक विद्यालय (prāthmik vidyālay), प्राइमरी स्कूल (prāimrī skūl). See Primary school meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is primary school?
Primary school is a noun.
How do you pronounce primary school?
Primary school is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪməɹi skuːl/.
What is the plural of primary school?
The plural of primary school is primary schools.

Words near primary school in the dictionary

  1. primary reinforcement
  2. primary reinforcements
  3. primary research
  4. primary residence
  5. primary residences
  6. primary school
  7. primary schools
  8. primary sector
  9. primary sectors
  10. primary source
  11. primary sources

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: primary school (page history and authors); مکتب (Urdu) (page history and authors); પ્રાથમિક શાળા (Gujarati) (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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