schoolboy

English

Etymology

school +‎ boy

Noun

schoolboy (plural schoolboys)

1. 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)

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

Derived terms

• schoolboy error

See also

• schoolchild
• schoolgirl