grammar school

English

Etymology

From Middle English gramere scole.

Noun

grammar school (plural grammar schools)

(archaic) A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.
(chiefly UK) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
- 2022 October 5, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Reading to Southampton: Frome”, in RAIL, number 967, page 56:
  Bradshaw eulogises again about "considerable manufactures of woollen cloth", plus the "excellent grammar school, founded by Edward VI".
(US, rare, regional) Elementary school.

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Translations

school that teaches the grammar system of Latin or Greek

Chinese:
Mandarin: 文法學校／文法学校 (wénfǎ xuéxiào)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: gymnasium (nl) n
Finnish: klassinen lukio
Irish: scoil ghramadaí f
Italian: liceo classico m
Middle English: gramere scole
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

secondary school that stresses academic education

Chinese:
Mandarin: 文法學校／文法学校 (wénfǎ xuéxiào)
Czech: gymnázium (cs) n
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lukio (fi)
German: Gymnasium (de) n
Hungarian: gimnázium (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: gymnázium (sk)
Turkish: lise (tr)

elementary school — see elementary school

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Greek: λύκειο (el) n (lýkeio), δημοτικό σχολείο (el) n (dimotikó scholeío)
Irish: scoil ghramadaí f
Italian: liceo (it) m
Romanian: liceu (ro) n, școală primară (ro) f, școală elementară f

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