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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English pupille , from Anglo-Norman pupille ( “ orphan ” ) , from Latin pūpillus ( “ orphan, minor ” ) , variant of pūpulus ( “ little boy ” ) , from pūpus ( “ child, boy ” ) .
Noun
pupil (plural pupils )
( dated outside UK ) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher .
1668 December 19, James Dalrymple , “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby , “Finland spreads word on schools ”, in The Guardian Weekly , volume 189 , number 6, page 30 :Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.
Plato was Socrates' pupil , and in turn Aristotle was Plato's pupil .
( law , obsolete ) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
Usage notes
A pupil is typically a young person, such as a schoolchild. Older learners, e.g. at university, are generally called students .
Derived terms
Translations
learner
Albanian: nxënës (sq) m , nxënëse (sq) f
Arabic: تِلْمِيذ m ( tilmīḏ ) , تِلْمِيذَة f ( tilmīḏa )
Egyptian Arabic: تلميذ m ( telmīz ) , تلميذة f ( telmīza )
Hijazi Arabic: طَالِب m ( ṭālib ) , طَالْبَة f ( ṭālba )
Aragonese: nineta f
Armenian: աշակերտ (hy) ( ašakert )
Azerbaijani: şagird (az)
Baluchi: دانش آموز
Bashkir: уҡыусы ( uqıwsı )
Belarusian: ву́чань m ( vúčanʹ ) , вучані́ца f ( vučaníca )
Bulgarian: учени́к (bg) m ( učeník ) , учени́чка f ( učeníčka )
Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (my) ( kyaung:sa: ) ( male ) , ကျောင်းသူ (my) ( kyaung:su ) ( female )
Catalan: alumne (ca) m , alumna (ca) f , pupil (ca) m , pupil·la (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 學生 / 学生 (zh) ( xuésheng ) , 弟子 (zh) ( dìzǐ ) , 生徒 (zh) ( shēngtú )
Czech: žák (cs) m , žákyně (cs) f , žačka f
Danish: elev (da) c
Dutch: leerling (nl) m
Esperanto: lernejano (eo) , lernejanino ( female ) , lernanto , lernantino ( female ) , zorgato , zorgatino ( female )
Estonian: õpilane
Faroese: næmingur m
Finnish: oppilas (fi)
French: élève (fr) m or f
Georgian: მოსწავლე ( mosc̣avle )
German: Schüler (de) m , Schülerin (de) f , Schulkind (de) n
Greek: μαθητής (el) m ( mathitís ) , μαθήτρια (el) f ( mathítria )
Ancient Greek: φοιτητής m ( phoitētḗs ) , μαθητής m ( mathētḗs ) , μαθητρία f ( mathētría )
Hebrew: תַּלְמִיד (he) m ( talmíd ) , תַּלְמִידָה f ( talmidá )
Hindi: छात्र (hi) m or f ( chātra ) , शागिर्द (hi) m ( śāgird ) , शिष्य (hi) m ( śiṣya )
Hungarian: tanuló (hu) ( schoolchild ) , diák (hu) ( student ) , tanítvány (hu) ( sb's student/disciple ) , növendék (hu) ( sb's student )
Icelandic: nemandi (is) m
Irish: dalta m , fealmhac m ( literary ) , fochlac m ( literary ) , scológ f ( literary, of holy man )
Italian: allievo (it) m , allieva (it) f
Japanese: 学童 (ja) ( がくどう, gakudō ) , 児童 (ja) ( じどう, jidō ) , 生徒 (ja) ( せいと, seito ) , 学生 (ja) ( がくせい, gakusei ) , 弟子 (ja) ( でし, deshi )
Kabyle: abalmud
Kalmyk: сурһульч ( surğulʹç )
Kazakh: оқушы ( oquşy )
Khmer: សេក្ខ (km) ( seek ) , កូនសិស្ស ( koun səh ) , សិស្ស (km) ( səh )
Korean: 학생(學生) (ko) ( haksaeng ) , 생도(生徒) ( saengdo ) , 제자(弟子) (ko) ( jeja )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şagirt (ku) , xwendekar (ku)
Kyrgyz: окуучу (ky) ( okuucu )
Lao: ນັກຮຽນ ( nak hīan )
Latin: studēns m or f or n , discipulus (la) m , discipula f
Latvian: skolnieks m , skolniece f
Lithuanian: mokinys m , mokinė f
Luxembourgish: Schüler pl
Macedonian: у́ченик m ( účenik ) , уче́ничка f ( učénička )
Malayalam: വിദ്യാർഥി (ml) ( vidyāṟthi ) , ശിഷ്യൻ (ml) ( śiṣyaṉ )
Manx: doltey m
Mingrelian: მოგურაფუ ( mogurapu )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: оюутан (mn) ( ojuutan ) , сурагч (mn) ( suragč )
Mongolian: ᠣᠶᠤᠲᠠᠨ ( oyutan ) , ᠰᠤᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ ( suruɣči )
Norman: êcolyi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elev (no) m , skoleelev m
Nynorsk: elev m , skoleelev m , skuleelev m
Old Irish: daltae m
Ottoman Turkish: شاگرد ( şagird )
Pali: sekha
Pashto: شاګرد m ( šāgᶕrd )
Persian: شاگِرْد (fa) ( šâgerd ) , تِلْمیذ (fa) ( telmiz ) , خوانَنْدِه (fa) ( xânande ) , طالِب (fa) ( tâleb ) , طالِبِ عِلْم ( tâleb-e 'elm ) ( lofty ) , دانِشآموز (fa) ( dâneš-âmuz )
Plautdietsch: Scheela m
Polish: uczeń (pl) m , uczennica (pl) f
Portuguese: aluno (pt) m , aluna (pt) f , pupilo (pt) m , pupila (pt) f
Quechua: yachakuq (qu) , yachachikuq
Romanian: elev (ro) m , eleva (ro) f
Russian: учени́к (ru) m ( učeník ) , учени́ца (ru) f ( učeníca ) , уча́щийся (ru) m ( učáščijsja ) , уча́щаяся (ru) f ( učáščajasja )
Sanskrit: छात्र (sa) m ( chātra )
Scottish Gaelic: sgoilear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏ченӣк m , у̏ченица f , ђа̑к m
Roman: ȕčenīk (sh) m , ȕčenica (sh) f , đȃk (sh) m
Skolt Sami: škooulneʹǩǩ
Slovak: žiak m , žiačka f
Slovene: učenec (sl) m , učenka f
Spanish: alumno (es) m , alumna (es) f , pupilo m
Swedish: elev (sv) c
Tajik: шогирд (tg) ( šogird ) , талаба (tg) ( talaba ) , хонанда (tg) ( xonanda ) , толиби илм ( tolibi ilm ) ( lofty )
Tatar: укучы (tt) ( uquçı )
Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) ( vidyārthi )
Thai: นักเรียน (th) ( nák-riian )
Turkish: öğrenci (tr)
Turkmen: okuwçy
Ukrainian: у́чень (uk) m ( účenʹ ) , учени́ця (uk) f ( učenýcja )
Urdu: شاگِرْد m ( śāgird ) , تِلْمِیذ m ( tilmīz ) , طالِب m ( tālib ) , طالِبِ عِلْم m ( tālib-i 'ilm )
Uyghur: شاگىرت ( shagirt ) , ئوقۇغۇچى (ug) ( oqughuchi )
Uzbek: oʻquvchi (uz) , shogird (uz) , tolibi ilm ( lofty )
Vietnamese: học sinh (vi) (學生 ), học trò (vi)
Volapük: julan (vo) , lärnan (vo) , tidäb (vo) , donajulan
Welsh: disgybl m
Yiddish: תּלמיד m ( talmed )
Zulu: umfundi
orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state
See also
Etymology 2
The pupil is a hole in the iris of the eye which adjusts in size dynamically.
From Middle English pupille , from Old French pupille , from Latin pūpilla ( “ pupil; little girl, doll ” ) , named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.
Noun
pupil (plural pupils )
( anatomy ) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye , through which light passes to be focused on the retina .
1983 , Richard Ellis , The Book of Sharks , Knopf, →ISBN , page 29 :There are sharks with round pupils , sharks with slitlike pupils , and some with pupils that expand and contract with the amount of light available. As unimpressive as this might sound to people who are used to having their pupils dilate and contract regularly, realize that no bony fish has this modification of the eye.
( zoology ) The central dark part of an ocellated spot .
Derived terms
Translations
the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
Afrikaans: pupil
Albanian: bebe (sq) f
Amis: 'emamosa
Arabic: حَدَقَة f ( ḥadaqa ) , بُؤْبُؤ m ( buʔbuʔ ) , إنْسَان العَيْن m ( ʔinsān al-ʕayn )
Egyptian: نني ( ninni )
Hijazi Arabic: بُؤبُؤ m ( buʔbuʔ )
Armenian: բիբ (hy) ( bib )
Avar: ясбер ( jasber )
Azerbaijani: bəbək (az)
Basque: begi-nini
Belarusian: зрэ́нка f ( zrénka ) , зяні́ца f ( zjaníca )
Bengali: পিউপিল ( piupil )
Bulgarian: зени́ца f ( zeníca )
Catalan: pupil·la (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瞳孔 ( tung4 hung2 )
Dungan: нянжынзы ( ni͡anřɨnzɨ )
Mandarin: 瞳孔 (zh) ( tóngkǒng ) , 瞳子 (zh) ( tóngzi )
Chuvash: куҫ шӑрҫи ( kuś šărś̬i )
Czech: zornice f
Danish: pupil (da) c
Dutch: pupil (nl) m or f
Early Modern Korean: 눈엣동자 ( nwuneystwongca )
Egyptian: (ḏfḏ m ), (ḥwnt jmt jrt )
Esperanto: pupilo (eo)
Estonian: silmaava
Faroese: sjónop n
Finnish: pupilli (fi) , silmäterä (fi) , mustuainen (fi)
French: pupille (fr) f , prunelle (fr) f
Georgian: გუგა ( guga )
German: Pupille (de) f ( usual ) ; Sehloch (de) n ( rare ) ; das Schwarze im Auge ( colloquial; sometimes including the iris )
Greek: κόρη (el) f ( kóri )
Ancient: κόρη f ( kórē )
Guaraní: tesa'ÿi
Gujarati: કીકી ( kīkī )
Hebrew: אִישׁוֹן (he) m ( ishón )
Hindi: तारा (hi) m ( tārā )
Hungarian: pupilla (hu)
Ingrian: silmäterä , ruskulain
Irish: mac imrisc m
Italian: pupilla (it) f
Japanese: 瞳 (ja) ( ひとみ, hitomi ) , 瞳孔 (ja) ( どうこう, dōkō )
Jeju: 눈동ᄌᆞ ( nundongjaw ) , 눈공ᄌᆞ ( nun'gongjaw )
Kazakh: қарашық ( qaraşyq )
Khmer: អក្សិតារា ( akse’ taaraa ) , ចក្ខុបសាទ ( cakkʰo’ pa’saat ) , កូនក្រមុំភ្នែក ( koon krɑmum pnɛɛk )
Korean: 눈동자 (ko) ( nundongja )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bîbik (ku)
Kyrgyz: карек ( karek )
Latin: pūpilla f , cora f
Latvian: zīlīte f
Lithuanian: vyzdys m
Macedonian: зеница f ( zenica ) , црнка f ( crnka )
Malay:
Jawi: انق مات , ڤوڤيل
Rumi: anak mata , pupil
Malayalam: കൃഷ്ണമണി (ml) ( kr̥ṣṇamaṇi )
Maori: whatupango , whatu , karupango
Middle Korean: 누ᇇ부텨 ( nwunspwuthye )
Mongolian: хүүхэн хараа ( xüüxen xaraa )
Navajo: anázhiin ałníiʼdiígíí
Nepali: आँखाको नानी ( ā̃khāko nānī )
Norman: preunelle dé l'yi f
Norwegian: pupill (no) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: зѣница f ( zěnica )
Old East Slavic: зѣница f ( zěnica )
Old English: sēo f
Ottoman Turkish: گوز ببكی ( göz bebeği ) , مردمك ( merdümek ) , حدقه ( hadeka )
Persian: مردمک (fa) ( mardomak )
Polish: źrenica (pl) f
Portuguese: pupila (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪੁਤਲੀ f ( putlī )
Romanian: pupilă (ro) f
Russian: зрачо́к (ru) m ( zračók ) , зени́ца (ru) f ( zeníca )
Sanskrit: कनीनिका (sa) f ( kanīnikā ) , तारा (sa) f ( tārā )
Scottish Gaelic: clach na sùla f , dubh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: zjènica (sh) f , zenica (sh) f , zjȅna (sh) f , zȅna f
Slovak: zrenica f , zornica f
Slovene: zenica (sl) f
Spanish: pupila (es) f
Swahili: mboni (sw)
Swedish: pupill (sv) c , ögonsten (sv) c
Tagalog: inla , balintatao , balintataw
Tajik: гавҳарак ( gavharak ) , мардумак ( mardumak ) , ангурак ( angurak )
Tarifit: amummu m
Tatar: күз карасы (tt) ( küz qarası )
Thai: รูม่านตา ( ruu-mâan-dtaa )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tooro: emboni class 9
Turkish: gözbebeği (tr)
Ukrainian: зіни́ця f ( zinýcja ) , зі́нка f ( zínka )
Uzbek: koʻz qorasi , qorachiq (uz)
Vietnamese: ngươi (vi) , đồng tử (vi)
Volapük: püpil (vo)
Welsh: cannwyll llygad f
White Hmong: ntsiab muag
Yiddish: אַפּל m ( apl ) , פּופּילע ( pupile ) , שוואַרצאַפּל ( shvartsapl ) , אויגנשוואַרצל ( oygnshvartsl ) , אויגנאַפּל ( oygnapl ) , אויגאַפּל ( oygapl ) , שוואַרצל ( shvartsl ) , קליין מענטשעלע ( kleyn mentshele ) , קליין־מענטשעלע ( kleyn-mentshele )
Yoruba: ọmọlójú
Zhuang: lwgbaed
Zulu: inhlamvu yeso class 9 /10
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pūpillus . Doublet of pubill .
Pronunciation
Noun
pupil m (plural pupils , feminine pupil·la )
orphan
Synonym: orfe
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
From Latin pūpilla ( “ little girl ” ) , diminutive of pūpa ( “ girl ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pupil c (singular definite pupillen , plural indefinite pupiller )
pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
Declension
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pyˈpɪl/
Hyphenation: pu‧pil
Rhymes: -ɪl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pupille , from Old French pupille , from Latin pūpilla .
Noun
pupil f (plural pupillen , diminutive pupilletje n )
pupil ( aperture of the eye )
Synonym: oogappel
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French pupille , from Latin pūpillus .
Noun
pupil m (plural pupillen , diminutive pupilletje n )
( chiefly sports ) minor , generally a prepubescent child over the age of 5
favoured student , protégé
institutionalised pupil ( one who receives an upbringing or education in an institution )
( archaic ) orphan
Synonym: wees
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English pupil , from Middle French pupille , from Latin pūpilla ( “ pupil; little girl, doll ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pupil (Jawi spelling ڤوڤيل , plural pupil -pupil , informal 1st possessive pupilku , 2nd possessive pupilmu , 3rd possessive pupilnya )
( anatomy ) pupil ( the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye )
Synonyms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pupille , from Latin pūpilla .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpu.pil/
Rhymes: -upil
Syllabification: pu‧pil
Noun
pupil m pers (female equivalent pupilka , diminutive pupilek )
favorite son , favored student , protégé , teacher's pet
( archaic , education ) pupil ( learner )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
pupil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
pupil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pupille , from Latin pupillus .
Noun
pupil m (plural pupili )
pupil
Declension