public school

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (India, Ireland, UK) Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
2. (obsolete) A college or university
3. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, South-Africa, US) A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries

Sinonieme

independent school

boarding school

state school

municipal school

Vertalings

escola pública

öffentliche Schule

Privatschule

scuola superiore privata

δημόσιο σχολείο

école

🏫

collège privé

école d’Etat

scuola pubblica

openbare school

escola particular

escola pública

internatos

Public School

private Mittelschule

Etimologie (Engels)

From public (originally, "communal" and contrasted with personal tutors; later, "state-run" and contrasted with private schools) + school.

Sinne

My tax dollars pay for those public school proms .