school

/sˈkuːl/SKOOL
/sˈkul/SKOOL

Meaningleisure for learning

Common meaning: a place of learning

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek σχολή ‘leisure; a place of learning’.

Did you know (Greek scholē first…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SCHOOL, p. 530 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Greek schole first…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry σχολή, p. 1518 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • σχολή Greek “leisure; a place of learning”

Related words

scholarscholastic

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