Meanings
plural secondary schools
- Hong KongIrelandUKcountableuncountableA state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town.
2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 77 - CanadaUScountableuncountableThe federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
- SingaporecountableuncountableMiddle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans sekondêre skool, hoërskool
- sekondêre skoolschool
- hoërskoolschool
Arabic مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة, ثَانَوِيَّة
- مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّةschool
- ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya)school
Bulgarian средно училище, средно
- средно училище (sredno učilište)school
- средно (sredno)school
- гимназия (gimnazija)school
Chinese Mandarin 中學 /中学
- 中學 /中学 (zhōngxué)school
Dutch secundaire school, school voor voortgezet onderwijs
- secundaire schoolschool
- school voor voortgezet onderwijsschool
- middelbare schoolschool
Esperanto gimnazio, mezlernejo
- gimnazioschool
- mezlernejoschool
- liceoschool
Finnish yläaste ja lukio
- yläaste ja lukioschool
French école secondaire, lycée
- école secondaireschool
- lycéeschool
- collègeschool
German Mittelschule, Oberschule
- Mittelschuleschool
- Oberschuleschool
Greek λύκειο
- λύκειο (lýkeio)school
Hungarian középiskola
- középiskolaschool
Icelandic framhaldsskóli, menntaskóli
- framhaldsskólischool
- menntaskólischool
Indonesian sekolah menengah, sekolah lanjutan
- sekolah menengahschool
- sekolah lanjutanschool
Irish ardscoil, meánscoil
- ardscoilschool
- meánscoilschool
Italian liceo (lyceum), ginnasio
- liceo (lyceum)school
- ginnasioschool
- liceo classicoschool
- liceo scientificoschool
- liceo linguisticoschool
- liceo artistico (art lyceum)school
- scuola secondariaschool
- scuola superioreschool
Japanese 中学校, 高校
- 中学校 (chūgakkō)school
- 高校 (kōkō)school
Latvian vidusskola
- vidusskolaschool
Malay sekolah menengah
- sekolah menengahschool
Persian دبیرستان
- دبیرستان (dabirestân)school
Polish szkoła średnia
- szkoła średniaschool
Portuguese secundária, liceu
- secundáriaschool
- liceuschool
Romanian liceu, școală secundară
- liceuschool
- școală secundarăschool
- gimnaziuschool
Russian сре́дняя шко́ла
- сре́дняя шко́ла (srédnjaja škóla)school
Scottish Gaelic àrd-sgoil
- àrd-sgoilschool
Slovak stredná škola
- stredná školaschool
Spanish secundaria, escuela secundaria
- secundariaschool
- escuela secundariaschool
Swahili sekondari, shule ya upili
- sekondarischool
- shule ya upilischool
- shule ya sekondarischool
Tagalog mataas na paaralan, paaralang sekundaryo
- mataas na paaralanschool
- paaralang sekundaryoschool
- sekundaryaschool
Vietnamese trường trung học
- trường trung họcschool
Welsh ysgol uwchradd
- ysgol uwchraddschool
Cite this entry
secondary school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20school
“secondary school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20school. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secondary school,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20school.
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