schoolboy

English

Etymology

school +‎ boy

Noun

schoolboy (plural schoolboys)

A boy attending school.

Synonyms

pupil, student (especially US)

Translations

young male student

Chinese:
Mandarin: 男學生, 男学生 (nánxuéshēng)
Czech: školák (cs) m
Danish: skoledreng c
Dutch: leerling (nl)
Finnish: koulupoika
French: élève (fr) m, écolier (fr) m
German: Schüler (de) m, Schuljunge (de) m
Irish: buachaill scoile m
Italian: alunno (it) m, scolaro (it) m

Japanese: 男子児童 (だんしじどう, danshi jidō), 男子生徒 (だんしせいと, danshi seito), 男子学生 (だんしがくせい, danshi gakusei), 男生徒 (だんせいと, danseito), 男生 (ja) (だんせい, dansei)
Korean: 남학생 (ko) (namhaksaeng) (男學生 (ko))
Latvian: skolnieks m
Polish: uczeń (pl) m
Portuguese: aluno (pt) m
Romanian: elev (ro) m, școlar (ro) m
Russian: шко́льник (ru) m (škólʹnik), учени́к (ru) m (učeník)
Scottish Gaelic: balachan-sgoile m
Swedish: skolpojke (sv) c
Walloon: scolî (wa) m

Adjective

schoolboy (not comparable)

characteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware.

Derived terms

schoolboy error

See also

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