grammar school

English

Etymology

From Middle English gramer scole.

Noun

grammar school (plural grammar schools)

(archaic) A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.
(chiefly Britain) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
(US, rare, regional) Elementary school.

Related terms

secondary modern school
comprehensive school

Translations

school that teaches the grammar system of Latin or Greek

Chinese:
Mandarin: 文法學校, 文法学校 (wénfǎ xuéxiào)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: gymnasium (nl) n

Finnish: klassinen lukio
Italian: liceo classico m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

secondary school that stresses academic education

Chinese:
Mandarin: 文法學校, 文法学校 (wénfǎ xuéxiào)
Czech: gymnázium (cs) n
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lukio (fi)

German: Gymnasium (de) n
Hungarian: gimnázium (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

elementary school — see elementary school

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Greek: λύκειο (el) n (lýkeio), δημοτικό σχολείο (el) n (dimotikó scholeío)
Irish: scoil ghramadaí f

Italian: liceo (it) m
Romanian: liceu (ro) n, școală primară (ro) f, școală elementară f