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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

남학생

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: namhaksaeng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Schoolboy/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"남학생들이 운동장에서 축구를 하고 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A boy who attends school.

    "The schoolboy carried a heavy backpack filled with textbooks."
  2. 2

    Used to describe behavior or qualities characteristic of a young, inexperienced school-aged boy.

    "He made a schoolboy error by failing to check his calculations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from the Old English 'scōl' (ultimately derived from Latin 'schola' and Greek 'scholē') combined with the Middle English 'boye' of uncertain origin. It emerged in late Middle English during the 15th century to describe a male child who attends school.

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