Schoolhouse — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a building where young people receive education

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈuːlhaʊs/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈuːlhaʊs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈuːlhaʊs/

2 syllables Say it as /skˈuːlhaʊs/.

Examples

the school was built in 1932
he walked to school every morning

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

school

Parts of Speech

noun	a building where young people receive education “the school was built in 1932”

Word Forms

scholastic	adjective	of or relating to schools
school	verb	educate in or as if in a school

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schulhaus

ein Gebäude, in dem junge Menschen Bildung erhalten

🇫🇷French

école

un bâtiment où les jeunes reçoivent une éducation

🇪🇸Spanish

escuela

un edificio donde los jóvenes reciben educación

🇮🇹Italian

scuola

un edificio dove i giovani ricevono istruzione

🇳🇱Dutch

schoolgebouw

een gebouw waar jongeren onderwijs krijgen

🇵🇹Portuguese

escola

um edifício onde os jovens recebem educação

🇷🇺Russian

здание школы

здание, где молодые люди получают образование

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्कूल

एक ऐसी इमारत जहाँ युवा शिक्षा प्राप्त करते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

স্কুলঘর

একটি বিল্ডিং যেখানে তরুণরা শিক্ষা গ্রহণ করে

🇮🇳Tamil

பள்ளிக்கூடம்

இளைஞர்கள் கல்வி கற்கும் கட்டிடம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పాఠశాల గృహం

యువకులు విద్యను పొందే భవనం

🇮🇳Marathi

शाळागृह

एक इमारत जिथे तरुण लोक शिक्षण घेतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

શાળા ઘર

એક ઇમારત જ્યાં યુવાનો શિક્ષણ મેળવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶಾಲಾಮನೆ

ಯುವಕರು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಕಟ್ಟಡ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്കൂൾ വീട്

ചെറുപ്പക്കാർക്ക് വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഒരു കെട്ടിടം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਕੂਲ ਘਰ

ਇੱਕ ਇਮਾਰਤ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

سکول ہاؤس

ایک عمارت جہاں نوجوان تعلیم حاصل کرتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

校舍

年轻人接受教育的建筑

🇯🇵Japanese

校舎

若者が教育を受ける建物

🇰🇷Korean

학교

젊은이들이 교육을 받는 건물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngôi trường

một tòa nhà nơi thanh niên được giáo dục

🇹🇭Thai

โรงเรียน

อาคารที่เยาวชนได้รับการศึกษา

🇮🇩Indonesian

gedung sekolah

sebuah gedung tempat kaum muda menerima pendidikan

🇵🇭Filipino

bahay-paaralan

isang gusali kung saan nakakatanggap ng edukasyon ang mga kabataan

🇲🇾Malay

rumah sekolah

sebuah bangunan tempat anak muda menerima pendidikan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المدرسة

مبنى يتلقى فيه الشباب التعليم

🇮🇷Persian

مدرسه

ساختمانی که در آن جوانان آموزش ببینند

🇹🇷Turkish

okul binası

gençlerin eğitim aldığı bina

🇮🇱Hebrew

בית ספר

בניין שבו צעירים מקבלים חינוך

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The primary meaning of 'schoolhouse' is 'a building where young people receive education'.

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