Meanings
plural boarding schools
- countableuncountableA residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
[…] he looked like the housemaster [Shaun] had so hated during his time at boarding school.
2012 August 16, Will Hill, The Rising: A Department 19 Novel, Penguin, →ISBN2 more examples
[…] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents. It was in these boarding schools where Native language, culture and ceremony would be beaten out of the Native children in order to 'Kill the Indian and Save the Child'.
2007, Joy Porter, Place and Native American Indian History and Culture, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 86My brother loved his boarding school, and the few months I spent there were some of the happiest times of my life.
2017 October 1, Nina Milne, Claiming His Secret Royal Heir, Harlequin, →ISBNSynonyms: residential school
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة
- مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة (madrasa dāḵiliyya)school which provides board and lodging
Bulgarian пансио́н, интернат
- пансио́н (pansión)school which provides board and lodging
- интернат (internat)school which provides board and lodging
Catalan internat
- internatschool which provides board and lodging
Chinese Mandarin 寄宿學校 /寄宿学校
- 寄宿學校 /寄宿学校 (jìsù xuéxiào)school which provides board and lodging
Czech internátní škola
- internátní školaschool which provides board and lodging
Danish kostskole
- kostskoleschool which provides board and lodging
Dutch kostschool, internaat
- kostschoolschool which provides board and lodging
- internaatschool which provides board and lodging
Esperanto internulejo
- internulejoschool which provides board and lodging
Finnish sisäoppilaitos
- sisäoppilaitosschool which provides board and lodging
French pensionnat, internat
- pensionnatschool which provides board and lodging
- internatschool which provides board and lodging
German Internat, Pensionat
- Internatschool which provides board and lodging
- Pensionatschool which provides board and lodging
Greek οικοτροφείο
- οικοτροφείο (oikotrofeío)school which provides board and lodging
Hebrew פנימייה
- פנימייה (pnimiyá)school which provides board and lodging
Hindi छात्रालय
- छात्रालय (chātrālay)school which provides board and lodging
Hungarian diákotthon, kollégium
- diákotthonschool which provides board and lodging
- kollégiumschool which provides board and lodging
- bentlakásos iskolaschool which provides board and lodging
- internátusschool which provides board and lodging
Icelandic heimavistarskóli
- heimavistarskólischool which provides board and lodging
Indonesian sekolah asrama
- sekolah asramaschool which provides board and lodging
Irish scoil chónaithe
- scoil chónaitheschool which provides board and lodging
Italian collegio, convitto
- collegioschool which provides board and lodging
- convittoschool which provides board and lodging
- internatoschool which provides board and lodging
Japanese 寄宿学校, ボーディングスクール
- 寄宿学校 (kishuku gakkō)school which provides board and lodging
- ボーディングスクール (bōdingu sukūru)school which provides board and lodging
Korean 기숙학교
- 기숙학교 (gisukhakgyo)school which provides board and lodging
Malay sekolah berasrama
- sekolah berasramaschool which provides board and lodging
Māori kura noho
- kura nohoschool which provides board and lodging
Norwegian internatskole, kostskole
- internatskoleschool which provides board and lodging
- kostskoleschool which provides board and lodging
Persian مدرسه شبانه روزی
- مدرسه شبانه روزیschool which provides board and lodging
Polish internat
- internatschool which provides board and lodging
Portuguese colégio interno, internato
- colégio internoschool which provides board and lodging
- internatoschool which provides board and lodging
Romanian școală-internat, școală cu internat
- școală-internatschool which provides board and lodging
- școală cu internatschool which provides board and lodging
Russian интерна́т, шко́ла-интерна́т
- интерна́т (intɛrnát)school which provides board and lodging
- шко́ла-интерна́т (škóla-intɛrnát)school which provides board and lodging
Spanish internado, escuela internada
- internadoschool which provides board and lodging
- escuela internadaschool which provides board and lodging
- pensionadoschool which provides board and lodging
- escuela pensionadaschool which provides board and lodging
Swahili shule ya bweni
- shule ya bwenischool which provides board and lodging
Swedish internatskola, internat
- internatskolaschool which provides board and lodging
- internatschool which provides board and lodging
Turkish yatılı okul
- yatılı okulschool which provides board and lodging
Ukrainian шко́ла-інтерна́т, інтерна́т
- шко́ла-інтерна́т (škóla-internát)school which provides board and lodging
- інтерна́т (internát)school which provides board and lodging
Vietnamese trường nội trú
- trường nội trúschool which provides board and lodging
Welsh ysgol breswyl
- ysgol breswylschool which provides board and lodging
Cite this entry
boarding school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding%20school
“boarding school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding%20school. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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