pupil

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pjuːpəl/

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• Rhymes: -uːpəl

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).

Noun

pupil (plural pupils)

1. (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
2. A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
   • 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.

Translations

student

• Albanian: nxënës (sq) m
• Arabic: تلميذ (ar) (tilmiidh) m, تلميذة (ar) (tilmiidha) f
• Armenian: աշակերտ (hy) (ašakert)
• Baluchi: دانش آموز
• Burmese: ကျောင်းသား (my) (kyaung:tha:) (male), ကျောင်းသူ (my) (kyaung:thu) (female)
• Catalan: pupil (ca) m, pupil·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學生 (cmn), 学生 (cmn) (xuésheng), 弟子 (cmn) (dìzǐ)

• Czech: žák (cs) m
• Danish: elev (da) c
• Dutch: leerling (nl)
• Esperanto: lernejano (eo), lernanto (eo), lernantino (eo), zorgato (eo)
• Faroese: næmingur (fo) m
• Finnish: oppilas (fi)
• French: élève (fr) m and f
• German: Schüler (de) m, Schülerin (de) f, Schulkind (de) n
• Greek: μαθητής (el) (mathitís) m, μαθήτρια (el) (mathitria) f
• Hebrew: תלמיד (he) m, תלמידה (he) f
• Hungarian: tanuló (hu), diák (hu)
• Icelandic: nemandi (is) m
• 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)
• Jèrriais: êcolyi m
• Kabyle: abalmud

• Latin: discipulus (la)
• Macedonian: ученик (mk) (účenik) m, ученичка (mk) (účenička) f
• Manx: doltey (gv) m
• Norwegian: elev (no) m
• Old Irish: daltae m
• Polish: uczeń (pl) m
• Portuguese: pupilo (pt) m, pupila (pt) f
• Romanian: elev (ro) m, eleva (ro) f
• Russian: ученик (ru) (učeník) m, ученица (ru) (učeníca) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoilear (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ученик (sh) m, ученица (sh) (učenica) f, ђак (sh) m

  Roman: ȕčenīk (sh) m, ȕčenica (sh) f, đȃk (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: škooulneʹǩǩ
• Slovak: žiak (sk) m
• Slovene: učenec (sl) m, učenka (sl) f
• Spanish: alumno (es) m, alumna (es) f
• Swedish: elev (sv) c
• Telugu: విద్యార్థి (te) (vidyaarthi)
• Ukrainian: учень (uk) (účen') m, учениця (uk) (učenýcja) f
• Vietnamese: học sinh (vi), học trò (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) julan (vo), (♂) hijulan (vo), (♀) jijulan (vo), (♂♀) lärnan (vo), (♂) hilärnan (vo), (♀) jilärnan (vo), (♂♀) tidäb (vo), (♂) hitidäb (vo), (♀) jitidäb (vo), (♂♀) donajulan (vo), (♂) donahijulan (vo), (♀) donajijulan (vo)
• Zulu: umfundi (zu)

Related terms

• student

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Middle 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)

1. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

Translations

the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye

• Arabic: حدقة (ar) (Hádaqa) f, بؤبؤ (ar) (bu'bu') m, انسان العين (ar) (enan al-ʕayn) m

  Egyptian: نني (ninni)

• Armenian: բիբ (hy) (bib)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: pupil·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瞳孔 (cmn) (tóngkǒng)

• Czech: zornice (cs) f
• Danish: pupil (da) c
• Dutch: pupil (nl)
• Esperanto: pupilo (eo)
• Faroese: sjónop (fo) n
• Finnish: pupilli (fi), silmäterä (fi)
• French: pupille (fr) f, prunelle (fr) f
• Georgian: გუგა (ka) (guga)
• German: Pupille (de) f, Sehloch (de) n (rare)
• Greek: κόρη (el) (kóri) f
• Guaraní: tesa'ÿi (gn)
• Hebrew: אישון (he) m
• Hungarian: pupilla (hu)
• Japanese: 瞳孔 (ja) (どうこう, dōkō)
• Jèrriais: preunelle dé l'yi f
• Latvian: zīlīte (lv) f

• Macedonian: зеница (mk) (zénica) f
• Malay:

  Rumi: anak mata (ms), pupil (ms)

  Jawi: انق مات (ms), ڤوڤيل (ms)

• Maori: whatupango (mi)
• Navajo: anázhiin ałníiʼdiígíí
• Norwegian: pupill (no) m
• Persian: مردمک (fa) (mardomak)
• Polish: źrenica (pl) f
• Portuguese: pupila (pt) f
• Romanian: pupilă (ro) f
• Russian: зрачок (ru) (zračók) m, зеница (ru) (zeníca) f
• Scottish Gaelic: clach na sùla (gd) f, dubh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zjènica (sh) f, zenica (sh) f, zjȅna (sh) f, zȅna (sh) f
• Slovene: zenica (sl) f
• Spanish: pupila (es) f
• Swedish: pupill (sv)
• Turkish: gözbebeği (tr)
• Ukrainian: зіниця (uk) (zinýcja) f
• Vietnamese: con ngươi (vi)
• Volapük: püpil (vo)
• Zulu: inhlamvu yeso (zu) 9/10

Derived terms

• pupilar
• pupilary
• pupillary

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Danish

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Latin pūpilla (“little girl”), diminutive of pūpa (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pupil/, [pʰuˈpʰilˀ]

Noun

pupil c (singular definite pupillen, plural indefinite pupiller)

1. pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Inflection

    Inflection of pupil

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	pupil	pupillen	pupiller	pupillerne
genitive	pupils	pupillens	pupillers	pupillernes

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Malay

Etymology

From English pupil, from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”).

Alternative forms

• ڤوڤيل

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /pupel/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /pupɪl/
• Rhymes: -upel, -pel, -el

Noun

pupil (Jawi spelling ڤوڤيل)

1. (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Synonyms

• anak mata / انق مات