Meanings
nounstudent council (plural student councils)
plural student councils
- In elementary and secondary schools, an elected student body which mediates between students and staff and also organizes schoolwide activities.
While in high school, she was elected as student council president.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 學生會 /学生会
- 學生會 /学生会 (xuéshenghuì)student body
Finnish oppilaskunta, oppilasneuvosto
- oppilaskuntastudent body
- oppilasneuvostostudent body
French conseil des élèves, conseil des étudiants
- conseil des élèvesstudent body
- conseil des étudiantsstudent body
- conseil étudiantstudent body
German Schülervertretung
- Schülervertretungstudent body
Hebrew מוֹעֶצֶת תַּלְמִידִים
- מוֹעֶצֶת תַּלְמִידִים (mo'étzet talmidím)student body
Italian interfacoltà
- interfacoltàstudent body
Japanese 生徒会
- 生徒会 (seitokai)student body
Korean 학생회
- 학생회 (haksaenghoe)student body
Swedish studentråd
- studentrådstudent body
Vietnamese hội đồng học sinh
- hội đồng học sinhstudent body
Cite this entry
APA
student council. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/student%20council
MLA
“student council.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/student%20council. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “student council,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/student%20council.
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