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10 Language-to-English DictionariesÉcole
Pronunciation / Transliteration: é-kol
"Les enfants vont à l'école tous les jours."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An institution for educating children or providing instruction in a particular subject.
"The children walked to school every morning." - 2
A group of students who are taught together.
"She is in the same school as her brother."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word schole, originally meaning 'leisure' or 'spare time' spent on scholarly discussion. Through Latin schola and Old English, the term evolved to designate an institution for educating children and instruction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "School" is said worldwide
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École
Transliteration: é-kol
"Les enfants vont à l'école tous les jours."
Schule
Transliteration: shoo-leh
"Die Kinder gehen jeden Tag zur Schule."
Scuola
Transliteration: skwo-la
"I bambini vanno a scuola ogni giorno."
Escuela
Transliteration: es-kwe-la
"Los niños van a la escuela todos los días."
Escola
Transliteration: es-koh-la
"As crianças vão à escola todos os dias."
स्कूल
Transliteration: skool
"बच्चे हर दिन स्कूल जाते हैं।"
学校
Transliteration: xuéxiào
"孩子们每天去学校。"
학교
Transliteration: hakgyo
"아이들은 매일 학교에 갑니다."
学校
Transliteration: gakkō
"子供たちは毎日学校に行きます。"
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