schoolboy

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US/ˈskulˌbɔɪ/

noun

A boy attending school.

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Meanings

nounschoolboy (plural schoolboys)

plural schoolboys

  1. A boy attending school.
adjectiveschoolboy (not comparable)
  1. figurativelynot comparableCharacteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware.

Origin

From school + boy.

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Translations

Arabic تِلْمِيذ
  • تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ)young male student
Bulgarian у́ченик
  • у́ченик (účenik)young male student
Chinese Mandarin 男學生 /男学生
  • 男學生 /男学生 (nánxuéshēng)young male student
Czech školák, žák
  • školákyoung male student
  • žákyoung male student
Danish skoledreng
  • skoledrengyoung male student
Dutch leerling
  • leerlingyoung male student
Finnish koulupoika
  • koulupoikayoung male student
French élève, écolier
  • élèveyoung male student
  • écolieryoung male student
German Schüler, Schuljunge
  • Schüleryoung male student
  • Schuljungeyoung male student
Hungarian iskolás
  • iskolásyoung male student
Icelandic skólastrákur, skóladrengur
  • skólastrákuryoung male student
  • skóladrenguryoung male student
  • skólapilturyoung male student
Irish buachaill scoile
  • buachaill scoileyoung male student
Italian alunno, scolaro
  • alunnoyoung male student
  • scolaroyoung male student
Japanese 男子児童, 男子生徒
  • 男子児童 (danshi jidō)young male student
  • 男子生徒 (danshi seito)young male student
  • 男子学生 (danshi gakusei)young male student
  • 男生徒 (danseito)young male student
  • 男生 (dansei)young male student
Korean 남학생
  • 남학생 (namhaksaeng)young male student
Latin discipulus
  • discipulusyoung male student
Latvian skolnieks
  • skolnieksyoung male student
Norwegian Bokmål skolegutt
  • skoleguttyoung male student
Polish uczeń
  • uczeńyoung male student
Portuguese aluno
  • alunoyoung male student
Romanian elev, școlar
  • elevyoung male student
  • școlaryoung male student
Russian шко́льник, учени́к
  • шко́льник (škólʹnik)young male student
  • учени́к (učeník)young male student
Scottish Gaelic balachan-sgoile
  • balachan-sgoileyoung male student
Slovak školák, žiak
  • školákyoung male student
  • žiakyoung male student
Swedish skolpojke
  • skolpojkeyoung male student
Turkish okul çocuğu
  • okul çocuğuyoung male student
Ukrainian школя́р, у́чень
  • школя́р (školjár)young male student
  • у́чень (účenʹ)young male student
Cite this entry
APA

schoolboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboy

MLA

“schoolboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolboy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboy.

Source: schoolboy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.