schoolchild

school·child

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skool-chahyld]
- /ˈskulˌtʃaɪld/
- /ˈskuːl.tʃaɪld/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skool-chahyld]
- /ˈskulˌtʃaɪld/

Definitions of schoolchild word

noun plural schoolchild a child attending school. 1
noun schoolchild child of school age 1
countable noun schoolchild Schoolchildren are children who go to school. 0
noun schoolchild a child who attends primary school 0
noun schoolchild a child who attends secondary school 0
noun schoolchild a child attending school 0

See all 6 definitions of schoolchild

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Origin of schoolchild

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; school1 + child

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Parts of speech for Schoolchild

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Schoolchild

schoolchild popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

schoolchild usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for schoolchild

noun schoolchild

classmate — Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
grad — one hundredth of a right angle.
litterateur — a literary person, especially a writer of literary works.
classmates — Plural form of classmate.

All 4 Synonyms of schoolchild