schoolmate

See also: school mate

English

Alternative forms

• school mate

Etymology

school +‎ mate

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, The Scarlet Letter, Introduction:

     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.

Synonyms

• fellow (obsolete slang); schoolfellow

Hyponyms

• deskmate; classmate; schoolfriend

Translations

person who attended school with the subject

• Czech: spolužák (cs) m
• Danish: skolekammerat c, medstuderende c
• Finnish: koulukaveri, koulutoveri
• French: camarade (fr) m or f, camarade d'école (fr)
• German: Schulkamerad (de) m (Schulkameradin (de) f), Mitschüler (de) m (Mitschülerin (de) f)
• Hungarian: iskolatárs (hu)
• Kazakh: мектептес (mekteptes)
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• Latin: condiscipulus m
• Portuguese: colega de escola m or f
• Quechua: yachakuq masi
• Russian: одноклассник m (odnoklassnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: kolega (sh) m, kolegica (sh) f
• Spanish: condiscípulo m, condiscípula f, compañero de clase (es) m
• Swedish: skolkamrat (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaeskuwela