"primary school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: primary schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} primary school (countable and uncountable, plural primary schools)
  1. (British, Australia, education) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade. Wikipedia link: primary school Tags: Australia, British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools Synonyms: elementary school, grade school Derived forms: primary school student, titan primary school Related terms: high school, middle school Coordinate_terms: secondary school, tertiary education, tertiary-level education Translations (first formal, obligatory school): laerskool (Afrikaans), مَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (madrasa l-ibtidāʔiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), မူလတန်း (mula.tan:) (Burmese), مەکتەبی سەرەتایی (mektebî seretayî) (Central Kurdish), 小學 (Chinese Mandarin), 小学 (xiǎoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), başlanğıç mektep (Crimean Tatar), iptidaiy mektep (Crimean Tatar), základní škola (not one-to-one) [feminine] (Czech), grundskole [common-gender] (Danish), underskole [common-gender] (Danish), basisschool [common-gender] (Dutch), lagere school [common-gender] (Dutch), elementa lernejo (Esperanto), bazlernejo (Esperanto), peruskoulu (Finnish), ala-aste (Finnish), alakoulu (Finnish), école primaire [feminine] (French), Grundschule [feminine] (German), Volksschule [dated, feminine] (German), δημοτικό σχολείο (dimotikó scholeío) [neuter] (Greek), firamare (Hausa), בֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי (bet séfer ysodí) [masculine] (Hebrew), בֵּית סֵפֶר עֲמָמִי (bet séfer 'amamí) [masculine] (Hebrew), प्राथमिक विद्यालय (prāthmik vidyālay) [masculine] (Hindi), प्राइमरी स्कूल (prāimrī skūl) [masculine] (Hindi), általános iskola (Hungarian), grunnskóli [masculine] (Icelandic), barnaskóli [masculine] (Icelandic), sekolah dasar (Indonesian), bunscoil [feminine] (Irish), scuola elementare (Italian), 小学校 (shōgakkō) (alt: しょうがっこう) (Japanese), សាលាបឋម (sala bak thom) (Khmer), 초등학교 (chodeunghakgyo) (Korean), 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo) (note: before 1996) [nonstandard] (Korean), 소학교 (sohakgyo) [North] (Korean), ludus litterarius (Latin), educatio primaria (Latin), sākumskola [masculine] (Latvian), pamatskola [masculine] (Latvian), pradinė mokykla (Lithuanian), Primärschoul [feminine] (Luxembourgish), Grondschoul [feminine] (Luxembourgish), ᦷᦣᧂᦵᦣᧃᦓᦾᧉ (honghennoay²) (), основно училиште (osnovno učilište) [neuter] (Macedonian), осмоле́тка (osmolétka) [feminine] (Macedonian), деветоле́тка (devetolétka) [feminine] (Macedonian), sekolah rendah (Malay), ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ (ajige tacikū) (Manchu), प्राथमिक शाळा (prāthamika śāḷā) [feminine] (Marathi), barneskole [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barneskole [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), barneskule [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دبستان (dabestân) (Persian), szkoła podstawowa [feminine] (Polish), podstawówka [feminine] (Polish), primária [feminine] (Portuguese), școală primară [feminine] (Romanian), școală elementară [feminine] (Romanian), семиле́тка (semilétka) [feminine] (Russian), нача́льная шко́ла (načálʹnaja škóla) [feminine] (Russian), primary schuil (Scots), bun-sgoil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), základná škola (Slovak), prvý stupeň základnej školy (Slovak), osnovna šola [feminine] (Slovene), primaria [feminine] (Spanish), grundskola [common-gender] (Swedish), lågstadie [common-gender] (Swedish), mababang paaralan (Tagalog), paaralang elementarya (Tagalog), ประถมศึกษา (Thai), trường tiểu học (Vietnamese), pöpajul (Volapük), donajul (Volapük), ysgol gynradd (Welsh), פֿאָלקשול (folkshul) [feminine] (Yiddish), פֿאָלקסשול (folksshul) [feminine] (Yiddish), siujyoz (Zhuang)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "my",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "roman": "xiǎoxué",
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          "code": "crh",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "iptidaiy mektep"
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "základní škola (not one-to-one)"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "basisschool"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lagere school"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "elementa lernejo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "bazlernejo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "peruskoulu"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ala-aste"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "alakoulu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "école primaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grundschule"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Volksschule"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dimotikó scholeío",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δημοτικό σχολείο"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "firamare"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bet séfer ysodí",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bet séfer 'amamí",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בֵּית סֵפֶר עֲמָמִי"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prāthmik vidyālay",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "प्राथमिक विद्यालय"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prāimrī skūl",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "प्राइमरी स्कूल"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "általános iskola"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grunnskóli"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "barnaskóli"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "sekolah dasar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bunscoil"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "scuola elementare"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しょうがっこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōgakkō",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "小学校"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sala bak thom",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "សាលាបឋម"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chodeunghakgyo",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "초등학교"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "before 1996",
          "roman": "gungminhakgyo",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "nonstandard"
          ],
          "word": "국민학교"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sohakgyo",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "North"
          ],
          "word": "소학교"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "mektebî seretayî",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "مەکتەبی سەرەتایی"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ludus litterarius"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "educatio primaria"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sākumskola"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pamatskola"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "pradinė mokykla"
        },
        {
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "honghennoay²",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ᦷᦣᧂᦵᦣᧃᦓᦾᧉ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Primärschoul"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grondschoul"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "osnovno učilište",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "основно училиште"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "osmolétka",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "осмоле́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "devetolétka",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "деветоле́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "sekolah rendah"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "ajige tacikū",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "prāthamika śāḷā",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "प्राथमिक शाळा"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "barneskole"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "barneskole"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "barneskule"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dabestân",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "دبستان"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "szkoła podstawowa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "podstawówka"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "primária"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "școală primară"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "școală elementară"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "semilétka",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "семиле́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "načálʹnaja škóla",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нача́льная шко́ла"
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "primary schuil"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bun-sgoil"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "základná škola"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "prvý stupeň základnej školy"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "osnovna šola"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "primaria"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "grundskola"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lågstadie"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "mababang paaralan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "paaralang elementarya"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ประถมศึกษา"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "trường tiểu học"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "pöpajul"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "donajul"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "ysgol gynradd"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "folkshul",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאָלקשול"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "folksshul",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאָלקסשול"
        },
        {
          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
          "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
          "word": "siujyoz"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "primary school"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "primary school"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "secondary school"
    },
    {
      "word": "tertiary education"
    },
    {
      "word": "tertiary-level education"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "primary school student"
    },
    {
      "word": "titan primary school"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "primary schools",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "primary school (countable and uncountable, plural primary schools)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "high school"
    },
    {
      "word": "middle school"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Hindi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Marathi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Schools"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The child's mother was tearful as he boarded the bus for his first day of primary school.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ],
        [
          "obligatory",
          "obligatory"
        ],
        [
          "school",
          "school"
        ],
        [
          "nursery school",
          "nursery school"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Australia, education) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "elementary school"
        },
        {
          "word": "grade school"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "primary school"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "laerskool"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "madrasa l-ibtidāʔiyya",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mula.tan:",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "မူလတန်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "小學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoxué",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "小学"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "başlanğıç mektep"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "iptidaiy mektep"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "základní škola (not one-to-one)"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grundskole"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "underskole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "basisschool"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lagere school"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "elementa lernejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "bazlernejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "peruskoulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ala-aste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "alakoulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "école primaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundschule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Volksschule"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimotikó scholeío",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δημοτικό σχολείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "firamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bet séfer ysodí",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית סֵפֶר יְסוֹדִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bet séfer 'amamí",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית סֵפֶר עֲמָמִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prāthmik vidyālay",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्राथमिक विद्यालय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prāimrī skūl",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्राइमरी स्कूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "általános iskola"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grunnskóli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barnaskóli"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "sekolah dasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunscoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "scuola elementare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうがっこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōgakkō",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "小学校"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sala bak thom",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "សាលាបឋម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chodeunghakgyo",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "초등학교"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "before 1996",
      "roman": "gungminhakgyo",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "국민학교"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sohakgyo",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "North"
      ],
      "word": "소학교"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "mektebî seretayî",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "مەکتەبی سەرەتایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ludus litterarius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "educatio primaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sākumskola"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pamatskola"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "pradinė mokykla"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "honghennoay²",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ᦷᦣᧂᦵᦣᧃᦓᦾᧉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Primärschoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grondschoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osnovno učilište",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "основно училиште"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osmolétka",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осмоле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "devetolétka",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "деветоле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "sekolah rendah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "ajige tacikū",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "prāthamika śāḷā",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "प्राथमिक शाळा"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barneskole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barneskole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barneskule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dabestân",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "دبستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szkoła podstawowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podstawówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primária"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "școală primară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "școală elementară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "semilétka",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "семиле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "načálʹnaja škóla",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нача́льная шко́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "primary schuil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bun-sgoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "základná škola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "prvý stupeň základnej školy"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osnovna šola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grundskola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lågstadie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "mababang paaralan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "paaralang elementarya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ประถมศึกษา"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "trường tiểu học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "pöpajul"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "donajul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "ysgol gynradd"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "folkshul",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָלקשול"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "folksshul",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָלקסשול"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "first formal, obligatory school",
      "word": "siujyoz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "primary school"
}

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