HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of pupil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈpjuːpəl

Definitions

  1. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
  2. The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
  3. girl, female equivalent of niño
  4. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher
  5. One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.
  6. The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
  7. The apparently black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
  8. One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field
  9. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
    obsolete
  10. a person, usu. young, who is learning under the supervision of a teacher at school or a private tutor; student.
  11. maiden (virgin)
  12. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state
  13. the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
  14. The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina
  15. The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
  16. The central dark part of an ocellated spot
  17. The hole in the middle of the iris, through which light enters the eye.
  18. One who is being educated:learner, scholar, student.
  19. a person who is being taught by a teacher or tutor. The school has 2,000 pupils. skoliere تِلْميذ ученик aluno žák, -yně der/die Schüler(in) elev μαθητήςalumno õpilane شاگرد oppilas écolier/-ière תלמיד छात्र tanítvány, növendék murid nemandi alunno, scolaro 生徒 학생, 문하생 mokinys skolēns, skolnieks, skolniece murid leerlingelevuczeń زده كوونكى aluno şcolar ученик žiak, -čka učenec učenik elev นักเรียน öğrenci 小學生 учень; вихованець شاگرد، طالب علم học sinh 小学生
  20. the round opening in the middle of the eye through which the light passes. pupil بُؤبُؤ العَيْن зеница pupila zornice die Pupille pupil κόρη του ματιού pupila silmatera مردمک silmäterä pupilleאישון पुतली pupilla anak mata ljósop, sjáaldur; augasteinn pupilla ひとみ 눈동자, 동공 vyzdys (acs) zīlīte anak mata pupilpupillźrenica د سترګو تور pupila pupilă зрачок zrenica zenica zenica pupill ลูกตาดำ göz bebeği 瞳孔 зіниця آنکھ کي پتلي con ngươi 瞳孔
  21. pupila, abertura contráctil del iris que da entrada a la luz.
  22. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bəbək şagird
Беларуская вучань
বাংলা পিউপিল
Català alumna alumne pupil pupil·la
Cymraeg disgybl
Dansk elev pupil
Español alumna alumno niña niñeta pupila pupilo
Eesti õpilane
Gaeilge dalta mac imrisc
Հայերեն աշակերտ բիբ
Bahasa Indonesia anak mata murid
Íslenska nemandi
ქართული გუგა მოსწავლე
Қазақша қарашық оқушы
Кыргызча карек окуучу
ລາວ ນັກຮຽນ
Lietuvių mokinė mokinys vyzdys
Te Reo Māori whatu
Македонски зеница ученик ученичка црнка
Монгол оюутан сурагч
Bahasa Melayu anak mata pupil انق مات ڤوڤيل
नेपाली आँखाको नानी
Nederlands leerling pupil
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੁਤਲੀ
Română elev eleva pupilă
Slovenčina žiačka žiak zornica zrenica
Slovenščina učenec zenica
Kiswahili mboni
తెలుగు విద్యార్థి
Тоҷикӣ хонанда
ئۇيغۇرچە ئوقۇغۇچى شاگىرت
IsiXhosa umfundi

Examples

“The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.”
“All of these different methods of teaching elementary reading were successful for some pupils, unsuccessful for others.”
“The bell which called the pupils to their lessons can still be seen on the roof.”
“Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.”
“Plato was Socrates' pupil, and in turn Aristotle was Plato's pupil.”
“I understand; it’s because I seem to you to be a worse pupil than the judges in court, because obviously you’ll demonstrate to them that the sorts of things your father did are unjust and hated by all the gods.”
“There are sharks with round pupils, sharks with slitlike pupils, and some with pupils that expand and contract with the amount of light available. As unimpressive as this might sound to people who are used to having their pupils dilate and contract regularly, realize that no bony fish has this modification of the eye.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See pupil used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free