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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbolsa de estudo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bolsa de estudo
"Ela ganhou uma bolsa de estudo para a universidade."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement.
"She won a scholarship to study at Oxford University." - 2
Academic study or achievement; learning of a high level.
"The book is a work of exceptional scholarship."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, originating from medieval Latin 'scholariscus', based on Greek 'scholē' meaning leisure or schools. Over centuries, it evolved from meaning scholarly learning or erudition to its modern economic sense of a grant or payment made to support a student's education.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scholarship" is said worldwide
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bourse d'études
Transliteration: bours d'etud
"Il a obtenu une bourse d'études pour l'université."
Stipendium
Transliteration: Stipendium
"Sie hat ein Stipendium für ihr Studium erhalten."
borsa di studio
Transliteration: borsa di studio
"Ha vinto una borsa di studio per l'università."
beca
Transliteration: beca
"Ganó una beca para estudiar en el extranjero."
bolsa de estudo
Transliteration: bolsa de estudo
"Ela ganhou uma bolsa de estudo para a universidade."
छात्रवृत्ति
Transliteration: chhatravriti
"उसे पढ़ाई के लिए छात्रवृत्ति मिली।"
奖学金
Transliteration: jiǎng xué jīn
"她获得了一笔去英国留学的奖学金。"
장학금
Transliteration: janghakgeum
"그는 대학에서 장학금을 받았다."
奨学金
Transliteration: shougakukin
"彼女は大学の奨学金をもらった。"
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