English Explanatory Dictionary

middle school

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.
  2. An educational level or stage between primary school and secondary school.

Pronunciation

mĭdl sko͞ol LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-middle school.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-middle school.wav

Word forms

middle school middle schools middle-school middleschool

Synonyms

intermediate school junior high school

Related words

comprehensive grammar school junior school primary school secondary modern secondary school

Derived words

middle schooler

Translations

Southern Altai: орто школ Armenian: միջնակարգ դպրոց Bulgarian: прогимназия Chinese Mandarin: 初級中學 /初级中学 Chinese Mandarin: 中學 /中学 Dutch: middenschool Finnish: keskikoulu French: cycle German: Mittelstufe Greek: γυμνάσιο Hausa: midìl Icelandic: miðskóli Indonesian: sekolah satu atap Irish: scoil mheánach Italian: scuola media Japanese: 中学校 Kazakh: орта мектеп Khmer: សាលាមជ្ឈិម Korean: 중학교 Luxembourgish: Mëttelschoul Macedonian: средно училиште Romanian: școală medie Russian: сре́дняя шко́ла Spanish: escuela media Swedish: mellanstadie Thai: มัธยมต้น Yiddish: מיטלשול
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