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pupil
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pju?p?l/
- Hyphenation: pu?pil
- Rhymes: -u?p?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin p?pillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of p?pulus (“little boy”), from p?pus (“child, boy”).
Noun
pupil (plural pupils)
- A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
- (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
Usage notes
- A pupil is typically a young person, such as a schoolchild. Older learners, e.g. at university, are generally called students.
Translations
See also
- learnling
Etymology 2
From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin p?pilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.
Noun
pupil (plural pupils)
- (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
- (zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
Derived terms
- pupilar
- pupilary
- pupillary
Translations
Further reading
- Pupil in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- pipul
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin p?pillus. Doublet of pubill.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /pu?pil/
Noun
pupil m (plural pupils, feminine pupil·la)
- orphan
- Synonym: orfe
Further reading
- “pupil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pupil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pupil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pupil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin p?pilla (“little girl”), diminutive of p?pa (“girl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pupil/, [p?u?p?il?]
Noun
pupil c (singular definite pupillen, plural indefinite pupiller)
- pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
Declension
References
- “pupil” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py?p?l/
- Hyphenation: pu?pil
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin p?pilla.
Noun
pupil f (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)
- pupil (aperture of the eye)
- Synonym: oogappel
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French pupille, from Latin p?pillus.
Noun
pupil m (plural pupillen, diminutive pupilletje n)
- (chiefly sports) minor, generally a prepubescent child over the age of 5
- favoured student, protégé
- institutionalised pupil (one who receives an upbringing or education in an institution)
- (archaic) orphan
- Synonym: wees
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English pupil, from Middle French pupille, from Latin p?pilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /pupel/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /pup?l/
- Rhymes: -upel, -pel, -el
Noun
pupil (Jawi spelling ??????, plural pupil-pupil, informal 1st possessive pupilku, impolite 2nd possessive pupilmu, 3rd possessive pupilnya)
- (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
Synonyms
- anak mata / ??? ????
Polish
Etymology
From French pupille, from Latin p?pilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pu.p?il/
Noun
pupil m pers (diminutive pupilek, feminine pupilka)
- favorite son, favored student, protégé
- (archaic) pupil (learner)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) pupilarny
Further reading
- pupil in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pupil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French pupille, from Latin pupillus.
Noun
pupil m (plural pupili)
- pupil
Declension
pupil From the web:
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- what pupils tell you
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believer
English
Etymology
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??liv?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??li?v?/
- Rhymes: -i?v?(?)
Noun
believer (plural believers)
- A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
- She's a believer in life after death.
Antonyms
- infidel
- non-believer, nonbeliever
- unbeliever
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:believer
Translations
believer From the web:
- what believe means
- what believe in god
- what belief system is considered monotheistic
- what belief contributed to the boxer rebellion
- what belief united the progressive movement
- what belief is that he is innocent
- what believe
- what beliefs
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