School in Different Languages
Discover 'School' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
School
Afrikaans skool | ||
Albanian shkollë | ||
Amharic ትምህርት ቤት | ||
Arabic مدرسة | ||
Armenian դպրոց | ||
Assamese বিদ্যালয় | ||
Aymara yatiqañ uta | ||
Azerbaijani məktəb | ||
Bambara kalanso | ||
Basque eskola | ||
Belarusian школа | ||
Bengali বিদ্যালয় | ||
Bhojpuri स्कूल | ||
Bosnian škola | ||
Bulgarian училище | ||
Catalan escola | ||
Cebuano eskuylahan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学校 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學校 | ||
Corsican scola | ||
Croatian škola | ||
Czech škola | ||
Danish skole | ||
Dhivehi ސްކޫލް | ||
Dogri स्कूल | ||
Dutch school- | ||
English school | ||
Esperanto lernejo | ||
Estonian kool | ||
Ewe suku | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paaralan | ||
Finnish koulu | ||
French école | ||
Frisian skoalle | ||
Galician escola | ||
Georgian სკოლა | ||
German schule | ||
Greek σχολείο | ||
Guarani mitãrusumbo'ehao | ||
Gujarati શાળા | ||
Haitian Creole lekòl | ||
Hausa makaranta | ||
Hawaiian kula | ||
Hebrew בית ספר | ||
Hindi स्कूल | ||
Hmong tsev kawm ntawv | ||
Hungarian iskola | ||
Icelandic skóla | ||
Igbo ụlọ akwụkwọ | ||
Ilocano eskuwelaan | ||
Indonesian sekolah | ||
Irish scoil | ||
Italian scuola | ||
Japanese 学校 | ||
Javanese sekolah | ||
Kannada ಶಾಲೆ | ||
Kazakh мектеп | ||
Khmer សាលា | ||
Kinyarwanda ishuri | ||
Konkani शाळा | ||
Korean 학교 | ||
Krio skul | ||
Kurdish dibistan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قوتابخانە | ||
Kyrgyz мектеп | ||
Lao ໂຮງຮຽນ | ||
Latin scholae | ||
Latvian skolā | ||
Lingala eteyelo | ||
Lithuanian mokykloje | ||
Luganda essomero | ||
Luxembourgish schoul | ||
Macedonian училиште | ||
Maithili विद्यालय | ||
Malagasy am-pianarana | ||
Malay sekolah | ||
Malayalam സ്കൂൾ | ||
Maltese l-iskola | ||
Maori kura | ||
Marathi शाळा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯩ ꯇꯝꯐꯝꯁꯪ | ||
Mizo sikul | ||
Mongolian сургууль | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျောင်း | ||
Nepali स्कूल | ||
Norwegian skole | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sukulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ | ||
Oromo mana barumsaa | ||
Pashto ښوونځی | ||
Persian مدرسه | ||
Polish szkoła | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) escola | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਦਿਆਲਾ | ||
Quechua yachay wasi | ||
Romanian şcoală | ||
Russian школа | ||
Samoan aoga | ||
Sanskrit विद्यालयः | ||
Scots Gaelic sgoil | ||
Sepedi sekolo | ||
Serbian школа | ||
Sesotho sekolo | ||
Shona chikoro | ||
Sindhi اسڪول | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පාසලේ | ||
Slovak škola | ||
Slovenian šola | ||
Somali dugsiga | ||
Spanish colegio | ||
Sundanese sakola | ||
Swahili shule | ||
Swedish skola | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paaralan | ||
Tajik мактаб | ||
Tamil பள்ளி | ||
Tatar мәктәп | ||
Telugu పాఠశాల | ||
Thai โรงเรียน | ||
Tigrinya ቤት ትምህርቲ | ||
Tsonga xikolo | ||
Turkish okul | ||
Turkmen mekdebi | ||
Twi (Akan) sukuu | ||
Ukrainian школу | ||
Urdu اسکول | ||
Uyghur مەكتەپ | ||
Uzbek maktab | ||
Vietnamese trường học | ||
Welsh ysgol | ||
Xhosa isikolo | ||
Yiddish שולע | ||
Yoruba ile-iwe | ||
Zulu isikole |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "skool" is derived from the Middle Dutch "schole" and Latin "schola," and can also refer to a group of fish. |
| Albanian | The word "shkollë" in Albanian originates from the Latin "schola", meaning "leisure" or "discussion". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "مدرسة" (school) originates from "درس" (to study), and can also mean a place of Islamic learning or a group of scholars. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "դպրոց" (dprots) originates from the Greek word "διδασκαλείον" (didaskaleion), meaning "place of teaching." |
| Azerbaijani | In some contexts "məktəb" can mean "letter". |
| Basque | The Basque word "eskola" comes from the Latin "schola", meaning "leisure". It has also been used to refer to "a place where one meets to discuss or learn", and "a group of people who share a common interest or profession". |
| Belarusian | The word "школа" ultimately derives from the Greek word "σχολή" (scholē), meaning "leisure," "free time," or "study." |
| Bosnian | "Škola" is cognate to the Latin word "schola" which meant "leisure" and "discourse". |
| Bulgarian | The word 'училище' in Bulgarian can also refer to a particular institution or type of educational establishment. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "escola" is derived from the Greek word "skhole," meaning "leisure" or "free time," indicating a place where people gathered to pursue knowledge and wisdom. |
| Cebuano | Eskuylahan also refers to a group of people with shared interests or beliefs and can also mean "sect" or "faction." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 学校, originating from the Warring States period, originally meant "to teach and study". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "學校" (xuéxiào) in Chinese originated from the ancient terms "xué" (learning) and "xiào" (cultivation). |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "scola" can also refer to a "lecture" or "conference." |
| Croatian | The word "škola" in Croatian comes from the Latin "schola", meaning "free time for learning" or "discussion." |
| Czech | The word "škola" originally meant "leisure time" or "idle talk" in Old Czech, and only later came to mean "school". |
| Danish | The Danish word "skole" originally meant "leisure" or "spare time," but over time came to refer to "school." |
| Dutch | De oorspronkelijke betekenis van "school-" in het Nederlands was "schare, troep", terwijl "school" afgeleid is van het Griekse "skholḗ" dat "vrije tijd" of "onderricht" betekent. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "lernejo" comes from "lernen," meaning "to learn" in German, and also refers to a place of learning. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "kool" is cognate to the Latin "schola" and English "school", all derived from the Greek word "skholē", meaning "leisure" or "free time". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word 'koulu' may have derived from Old Norse and originally meant a 'cattle shed' or 'animal enclosure'. |
| French | The word 'école' derives from the Latin word 'schola', meaning 'leisure' or 'free time', and was later used to refer to a place of learning. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "skoalle" is likely derived from the Old Frisian word "skole", which itself comes from the Latin word "schola" meaning "leisure" or "study". |
| Galician | Galician "escola" derives from Greek "skholḗ" (leisure, philosophy), and also refers to a traditional Galician musical gathering (folk songs and dances). |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "სკოლა" (school) originates from the Greek word "σχολή" (skholē), meaning "leisure, free time, conversation, philosophic discussion". |
| German | The word 'Schule' in German can also refer to the 'school' of a fish or a group of people with the same interests. |
| Greek | Σχολείο derives from the word "σχολή", which originally meant "leisure" or "free time". |
| Gujarati | The word "શાળા" is derived from the Sanskrit word "शाळा" (śālā), which means "hall", "house", or "room". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "lekòl" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "école" and also means "church". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'makaranta' is also a name given to a student who attends Quranic classes. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kula" in Hawaiian can also refer to a place of worship or a family gathering space. |
| Hebrew | בית ספר, composed of "house" and "book", refers to a place where learning resides. |
| Hindi | The word 'स्कूल' can also mean a 'group' or a 'set' of people. |
| Hmong | Tsev kawm ntawv, meaning "book learning house," can also refer to a library or a specific class in a school. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "iskola" not only means "school," but also "workshop" or "studio," reflecting the traditional view of education as a place for practical learning and skill development. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "skóla" also means a "group of people". Icelandic "skólar" were originally groups of young people and adults who would come together to learn a specific subject or practice a certain activity. |
| Igbo | Ụlọ Akwụkwọ, meaning "house of knowledge" in Igbo, can also refer to a library or a place of learning. |
| Indonesian | The word 'sekolah' comes from the Sanskrit word 'shālā', which means 'place of study'. |
| Irish | The word "scoil" is derived from the Primitive Irish " scol " meaning "scholar" and is cognate with the Middle Welsh "ysgol" meaning "a school or college". |
| Italian | "Scuola" (school) derives from the Greek word "schola" meaning leisure, later extended to mean "study", and ultimately a place of instruction. |
| Japanese | "学校 (gakkō)" literally translates as "a place of study" and can refer to any type of educational institution, from primary school to university. |
| Javanese | **Etymology:** From Javanese _seko_ (learn) and _olah_ (practice) |
| Kannada | The word "ಶಾಲೆ" (school) comes from the Sanskrit word "शाला" (śālā), which means "hall" or "meeting place". |
| Kazakh | The word "мектеп" comes from the Arabic word "maktub", which means "to write". |
| Khmer | Khmer word "សាលា" has Sanskrit origins, and shares etymology with the word "shala" meaning "hall", "dwelling" and "temple" in Indic languages, while "សាលា" is used only for the meaning “school” in Khmer language. |
| Korean | The word "학교" is derived from the Chinese word "校", meaning "a place of learning" or "a place where people gather to study." |
| Kurdish | The word “dibistan” is derived from Old Persian “dīpastāna,” meaning a “storehouse for records.” |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мектеп" is thought to derive from the Persian word "maktab", which refers to a small elementary school or a session of religious instruction. |
| Lao | "ໂຮງเรียน" has multiple meanings, including "house of science", "house of knowledge", and "house of study". |
| Latvian | "Skola" is derived from the Latin word "schola" (which means "leisure", "discourse" or "instruction.") |
| Lithuanian | The word "mokykla" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*mek- " ( |
| Luxembourgish | "Schoul" is the Luxembourgish word for "school," derived from the Latin "schola," also meaning "leisure" or "free time." |
| Macedonian | The word "училиште" ultimately derives from the Greek word "σχολή" (scholē), meaning "leisure" or "free time", and originally referred to a place where philosophers and other intellectuals gathered to discuss and teach. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "am-pianarana" literally translates to "the place of learning." |
| Malay | The word 'sekolah' may have originated from the Sanskrit word 'shala', meaning 'hall' or 'lecture hall'. |
| Malayalam | The term 'school' (സ്കൂൾ) may refer to various types of educational institutions, from pre-primary to post-secondary levels. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "l-iskola" derives from the Sicilian "scola", ultimately coming from the Latin "schola" or Greek "σχολή" (scholē), meaning "leisure", "education", or "place of learning". |
| Maori | "Kura" also refers to a storehouse for food, knowledge, or other treasures. |
| Marathi | The word 'शाळा' ('school') also means 'a hall for any public or religious assembly'. |
| Mongolian | The word "сургууль" originally meant "studying" or "a place of study" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word ကျောင်း, which means school, can also refer to monasteries where monks live and study. |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit root 'shishya', meaning 'student', and 'kula' (meaning family) form the word 'शाला', which is etymologically linked and has a similar meaning to the English 'school'. |
| Norwegian | The word "skole" comes from the Old Norse word "skóli" meaning a gathering or assembly. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "sukulu" can also refer to a "meeting place". |
| Persian | Persian "مدرسه" also has the alternate meaning of a mosque where hadith is taught |
| Polish | Deriving from Old Polish _szkoła_ (1448), the word _szkoła_ comes from the same _schola_, _σχολή_ from where we get English _school_ and derives from Proto-Indo-European root *sekw- "to follow". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "escola" comes from the Latin "schola," which originally referred to a place of leisure and philosophical discussion in ancient Greece. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵਿਦਿਆਲਾ" is derived from Sanskrit and means "a place of learning or a house of knowledge". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "școală" derives from the Slavic "škola", ultimately from the Greek "skholē", meaning "leisure" or "place of leisure". |
| Russian | The Russian word "школа" comes from the Greek word "σχολή" which means "leisure, a place for discussion or lecture". |
| Samoan | The term 'aoga' can also refer to a meeting place or a place of assembly. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "sgoil" (school) originally meant "shelter" or "retreat". |
| Serbian | The word 'школа' can also refer to a specific educational institution or a particular course of study. |
| Sesotho | In some places it also refers to a place where traditional ceremonies are held. |
| Shona | The word "chikoro" in Shona has its origins in the Nguni language, where it originally meant "kraal" or "enclosure." |
| Sindhi | Derived from the Sanskrit word 'shishuka', meaning a young person or student. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | පාසලේ shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word "पाठशाला" (pāṭhaśālā), which itself means "place of learning". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "škola" is also used to refer to a school building or the institution itself, rather than just the lessons or education provided within. |
| Slovenian | The word 'šola' originally meant 'leisure' or 'free time', and only later came to mean 'school'. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'dugsiga' is derived from the Arabic word 'dukkan', which means 'shop' or 'store'. |
| Spanish | The word "colegio" originally referred to a group of priests or scholars, and only later came to mean "school". |
| Sundanese | The word "sakola" in Sundanese also refers to a group or organization of people with a common goal or purpose. |
| Swahili | Swahili derives its word "shule" from Arabic "madrasa". Arabic also uses the word "maktab" with the same meaning. |
| Swedish | "Skola" derives from Greek "skholē" (leisure), where students were free from other duties to pursue knowledge. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Paaralan" is derived from the root word "aral," meaning "to study" or "to learn." |
| Tajik | The word "мактаб" is derived from the Persian word "maktab" and Arabic word "mekteb". It also refers to a specific type of traditional Islamic school. |
| Tamil | The word "பள்ளி" (paḷḷi) also means "bed" in Tamil, reflecting the tradition of students sleeping in the school building. |
| Telugu | The word "పాఠశాల" (school) in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "पाठशाला" (pāṭhaśālā), meaning "a place of learning". |
| Thai | The word โรงเรียน (โรงเรียน) is derived from the Sanskrit word विद्यालय (vidyāla), meaning 'a place of learning'. |
| Turkish | The word "okul" is derived from the Turkic word "ok" meaning "arrow" and refers to the place where young people were taught archery and other skills. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "школа" originally referred to a time of leisure or learning, and is related to the Latin "schola" meaning "leisure" or "free time." |
| Urdu | The word 'اسکول' in Urdu, besides 'school', also refers to a 'group of children studying with a particular teacher'. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "maktab" is derived from the Arabic word "maktab", which literally means "place of writing" or "place of study." |
| Vietnamese | "Trường học" also means "farm" in Sino-Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "ysgol" is derived from the Latin "schola", meaning "leisure" or "discussion". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the term "isikolo" not only refers to an educational institution but also carries the broader meaning of "gathering place" or "meeting point within a community." |
| Yiddish | "שולע" in Yiddish can also mean "a brawl" or "a group of rogues or ruffians". |
| Yoruba | Ile-iwe is also the Yoruba word for "library" and means "the home of knowledge". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isikole" is derived from the Old Norse word "skóli" meaning "place of leisure, relaxation and gossip" |
| English | "School" derives from the Greek word "skholē" meaning "leisure" or "free time from work, especially for leisure activities". |