schoolchild
Syllables: school·child/ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/
schoolchild noun: a young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
Noun
schoolchild (plural schoolchildren)
- 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.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9
- […] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict.1988 January 29, Steve Bogira, “Interdistrict Transfer”, in Chicago Reader
schoolchild meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese
schoolchild in Hindi
- young person attending school or of an age to attend school
- स्कूल विद्यार्थी skūl vidyārthī
schoolchild in Tagalog
- young person attending school or of an age to attend school
- estudyante, mag-aaral
schoolchild in Arabic
- young person attending school or of an age to attend school
- تِلْمِيذ tilmīḏ, تِلْمِيذَة tilmīḏa
schoolchild in Vietnamese
- young person attending school or of an age to attend school
- học sinh
More languagesFewer languages
- schoolchild in Myanmar
- ကျောင်းသား kyaung:sa:, ကျောင်းသူ kyaung:su
Examples of schoolchild in a sentence
- Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
- The number of schoolchildren known to have truanted from this school has been unusually high.
- I travelled home on a crowded single-decker - over half of the passengers were schoolchildren.
Synonyms of schoolchild
Forms of schoolchild
| plural | schoolchildren |
|---|---|
| alternative form | school-child |
| alternative form | school child |
Origin of schoolchild
From school + child.
Questions about schoolchild
- What does schoolchild mean?
- Schoolchild means a young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
- What is schoolchild in Hindi?
- Schoolchild in Hindi is स्कूल विद्यार्थी (skūl vidyārthī). See Schoolchild meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is schoolchild?
- Schoolchild is a noun.
- How do you pronounce schoolchild?
- Schoolchild is pronounced /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/.
- What is the plural of schoolchild?
- The plural of schoolchild is schoolchildren.
Words near schoolchild in the dictionary
Source and license
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