schoolmate

See also: school mate

English

Alternative forms

• school mate

Etymology

From school + -mate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sko͞ol′māt′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskulˌmeɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

schoolmate (plural schoolmates)

1. A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

   I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions.

   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:

     The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates.

2. (by extension) A schoolfriend; a friend from one's school.

Synonyms

• fellow (obsolete slang); schoolfellow

Hyponyms

• deskmate; classmate; schoolfriend

Translations

person who attended school with the subject

• Bulgarian: съученик (bg) m (sǎučenik)
• Czech: spolužák (cs) m
• Danish: skolekammerat c, medstuderende c
• Finnish: koulukaveri, koulutoveri (fi)
• French: camarade (fr) m or f, camarade d'école (fr)
• German: Schulkamerad (de) m (Schulkameradin (de) f), Mitschüler (de) m (Mitschülerin (de) f)
• Hindi: सहपाठी (hi) m (sahpāṭhī)
• Hungarian: iskolatárs (hu)
• Kazakh: мектептес (mekteptes)
• Latin: condiscipulus m, condiscipula f
• Portuguese: colega de classe m or f
• Quechua: yachakuq masi
• Russian: однокла́ссник (ru) m (odnoklássnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: kolega (sh) m, kolegica (sh) f
• Spanish: condiscípulo (es) m, condiscípula f, compañero de clase (es) m
• Swedish: skolkamrat (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaeskuwela