classmate

English

Etymology

class +‎ mate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑːs.meɪt/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

classmate (plural classmates)

1. A student who is in the same class at school.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 353:

     She was your classmate at the village school from first grade.

   Danny and I have been classmates for five years, but I've never spoken to him outside of lessons.

2. (by extension) A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.
   • 2019 October 23, Rail, page 30:

     The Class 87 is the only main line-certified member of the fleet left in the UK, although there are 21 classmates in use overseas [...]

Descendants

• → Japanese: クラスメート (kurasumēto)
• → Korean: 클래스메이트 (keullaeseumeiteu)

Translations

student who is in the same class at school

• Albanian: bashkënxënës (sq) m, bashkënxënëse (sq) f
• Arabic: زَمِيل دِرَاسَة m (zamīl dirāsa), رَفِيق صَفّ m (rafīq ṣaff)
• Armenian: դասընկեր (hy) (dasənker) (male), դասընկերուհի (hy) (dasənkeruhi) (female), դասարանցի (hy) (dasarancʻi)
• Belarusian: аднакла́снік m (adnaklásnik), аднакла́сніца f (adnaklásnica)
• Bulgarian: съучени́к (bg) m (sǎučeník), съучени́чка f (sǎučeníčka)
• Burmese: ကျောင်းနေဖက် (my) (kyaung:nehpak)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 同學／同学 (tung⁴ hok⁶), 同学 (tung⁴ hok⁶)

  Hakka: 同學／同学, 同学 (thùng-ho̍k), 同窗 (thùng-chhûng)

  Mandarin: 同學／同学 (zh) (tóngxué), 同学 (zh) (tóngxué), 同班同學／同班同学 (zh) (tóngbān tóngxué), 同班同学 (zh) (tóngbāntóngxué), 同班 (zh) (tóngbān), 級友／级友 (zh), 级友 (zh) (jíyǒu)

  Min Nan: 同學／同学, 同学 (tông-ha̍k), 同窗 (tông-chhong)

• Czech: spolužák (cs) m, spolužačka (cs) f, spolužákyně (cs) f
• Danish: klassekammerat (da) c
• Dutch: klasgenoot (nl) m
• Estonian: klassikaaslane
• Finnish: luokkakaveri (fi), luokkatoveri
• French: camarade (fr) m or f, camarade de classe (fr)
• Georgian: კლასელი (ḳlaseli), თანაკლასელი (tanaḳlaseli)
• German: Klassenkamerad (de) m, Klassenkameradin (de) f, Mitschüler (de) m, Mitschülerin (de) f
• Greek: συμμαθητής (el) m (symmathitís), συμμαθήτρια (el) f (symmathítria)
• Hindi: सहपाठी (hi) m (sahpāṭhī)
• Hungarian: osztálytárs (hu), évfolyamtárs (hu)
• Italian: compagno di classe m, compagna di classe f
• Japanese: 同級生 (どうきゅうせい, dōkyūsei), 級友 (ja) (きゅうゆう, kyūyū), クラスメート (kurasumēto), クラスメイト (kurasumeito)
• Kazakh: сабақтас (sabaqtas), сыныптас (synyptas), кластас (klastas)
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• Khmer: មិត្តរួមជំនាន់ (mɨt ruəm cumnŏən)
• Korean: 동급생 (donggeupsaeng), 급우 (ko) (geubu), 반 친구 (ban chin'gu), 클래스메이트 (keullaeseumeiteu)
• Kyrgyz: классташ (klasstaş)
• Lao: ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມຊັ້ນ (phư̄an hūam san)
• Latvian: klasesbiedrs m
• Macedonian: соученик m (součenik), соученичка f (součenička)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klassekamerat m

• Persian: همکلاس (fa) (hamkelâs)
• Polish: kolega z klasy m, koleżanka z klasy f
• Portuguese: colega de classe m or f
• Russian: однокла́ссник (ru) m (odnoklássnik), однокла́ссница (ru) f (odnoklássnica), соучени́к (ru) m (součeník), соучени́ца (ru) f (součeníca), однока́шник (ru) m (odnokášnik), однока́шница (ru) f (odnokášnica) (jokingly)
• Slovak: spolužiak m, spolužiačka f
• Slovene: sošolec (sl) m, sošolka f
• Spanish: compañero de clase m, compañera de clase f
• Swedish: klasskamrat (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaklase
• Tajik: ҳамсинф (hamsinf), шарикдарс (šarikdars)
• Thai: เพื่อนร่วมชั้น (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-chán)
• Tibetan: སློབ་གྲོགས (slob grogs)
• Turkish: sınıf arkadaşı, sınıftaş
• Turkmen: klasdaş
• Ukrainian: однокла́сник m (odnoklásnyk), однокла́сниця f (odnoklásnycja)
• Uzbek: sinfdosh (uz)
• Vietnamese: bạn cùng lớp

See also

• schoolmate

Anagrams

• metaclass