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Complete Definition of "pupil"

English
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Pronunciation
IPA|/pjuːpəl/
audio|en-us-pupil.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-uːpəl|-uːpəl

Etymology 1
From AF. term|pupille||orphan, from L. term|pupillus|pūpillus|orphan, minor, variant of term|pupulus|pūpulus|little boy, from term|pupus|pūpus|child, boy.

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|law|obsolete An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
  2. A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.

Translations
trans-top|student
Albanian: nxënës m
Croatian: t+|hr|učenik|m, t-|hr|đak|m
Czech: t-|cs|žák|m
Faroese: t-|fo|næmingur|m|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|oppilas
French: t+|fr|élève|m|f
German: Schüler m, Schülerin f
Greek: μαθητής m, μαθήτρια f
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Hungarian: tanuló, diák
Japanese: 児童 (じどう, jidō), 生徒 (せいと, seito), 学生 (がくせい, gakusei), 弟子 (でし, deshi)
Portuguese: pupilo m, pupila f
Romanian: t-|ro|elev|m, t-|ro|eleva|f
Russian: t|ru|ученик|m|scCyrl (učeník), t|ru|ученица|f|scCyrl (učeníca)
Serbian: ученик (učenik) m, ученица (učenica) f
Slovene: učenec m, učenka f
Swedish: t+|sv|elev|c
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Related terms
student

Etymology 2
From MF. term|pupille, from L. term|pupilla|pūpilla|pupil; little girl, doll, named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

Noun
en-noun

  1. anatomy The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

Translations
trans-top|the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
Czech: t-|cs|zornice|f
Faroese: t-|fo|sjónop|n|xs=Faroese
Finnish: pupilli
French: t+|fr|pupille|f, t+|fr|prunelle|f
German: Pupille f, Sehloch n rare
Greek: t+|el|κόρη|f|sc=Grek
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Hungarian: pupilla
Japanese: 瞳孔 (どうこう, dōkō)
Portuguese: pupila f
Romanian: pupilă f
Russian: t-|ru|зрачок|m|trzračók|scCyrl
Slovene: zenica f
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Derived terms
pupilar
pupilary
pupillary

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