Meanings
nounsummer school (plural summer schools)
plural summer schools
- Any of various academic sessions held in the summer at schools or universities when the usual students are away; either for supplementary or remedial study or as part of distance learning.
Translations
Afrikaans somerskool
- somerskoolacademic sessions held in the summer
Chinese Cantonese 暑期學校 /暑期学校
- 暑期學校 /暑期学校 (syu² kei⁴ hok⁶ haau⁶)academic sessions held in the summer
Chinese Mandarin 暑期學校 /暑期学校, 夏校
- 暑期學校 /暑期学校academic sessions held in the summer
- 夏校 (xiàxiào)academic sessions held in the summer
- 暑校 (shǔxiào)academic sessions held in the summer
Czech letní škola
- letní školaacademic sessions held in the summer
Finnish kesäkoulu
- kesäkouluacademic sessions held in the summer
French école d'été, université d'été
- école d'étéacademic sessions held in the summer
- université d'étéacademic sessions held in the summer
German Sommerakademie, Sommerschule
- Sommerakademieacademic sessions held in the summer
- Sommerschuleacademic sessions held in the summer
Hungarian nyári iskola
- nyári iskolaacademic sessions held in the summer
Japanese 夏期学校, サマースクール
- 夏期学校 (kaki gakkō)academic sessions held in the summer
- サマースクール (samā sukūru)academic sessions held in the summer
Russian ле́тние ку́рсы
- ле́тние ку́рсы (létnije kúrsy)academic sessions held in the summer
Swedish sommarskola
- sommarskolaacademic sessions held in the summer
Cite this entry
APA
summer school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20school
MLA
“summer school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20school. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summer school,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20school.
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