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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbuissonnier
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bɥisɔnje
"L'élève a été pris en train de faire l'école buissonnière."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A student who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
"The school attendance officer caught a truant wandering through the local park during morning classes."
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Wandering from duty, or staying away from school without permission.
"Several truant students were returned to the campus by the administration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French word 'truant', meaning beggar or vagabond, which likely traces back to Celtic origins. Over time in Middle English, the meaning shifted from a wandering vagrant or idle person specifically to a student who stays away from school without permission.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Truant" is said worldwide
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buissonnier
Transliteration: bɥisɔnje
"L'élève a été pris en train de faire l'école buissonnière."
Schwänzer
Transliteration: ˈʃvɛnt͡sɐ
"Die Polizei griff mehrere Schulpflichtige als Schulschwänzer auf."
bighellone
Transliteration: biɡelˈlone
"Lo studente è stato trovato a fare il bighellone fuori dalla scuola."
absentista
Transliteration: absenˈtista
"El director tomó medidas severas contra el alumno absentista."
faltoso
Transliteration: fawˈtozu
"O aluno faltoso foi advertido pela diretoria da escola."
बिन बताए स्कूल से गायब रहने वाला
Transliteration: bin batae skool se gayab rehne wala
"वह अक्सर स्कूल से भाग जाता है और एक अनुपस्थित छात्र बन जाता है।"
逃学者
Transliteration: táo xué zhě
"老师对那个经常逃学的学生进行了批评。"
무단결석자
Transliteration: mudangyeolseokja
"그 학생은 상습적인 무단결석자로 교무실에 불려 갔다."
学校を無断で休む人
Transliteration: gakkou o mudan de yasumu hito
"彼は無断で授業をサボる生徒として知られている。"
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