scuola

Italian

Alternative forms

• scola (dialectal or archaic)
• squola (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin schola. First attested in the 14th century. Compare Sicilian scola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwɔ.la/

• una scuola:

  (file)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: scuò‧la

Noun

scuola f (plural scuole, diminutive scuolétta)

1. school
2. class, lesson
3. grade

Related terms

• autoscuola
• scolare
• scolaro
• scolastico
• scuolabus

 

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: škȏla／шко̑ла

See also

• università

Further reading

• scuola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• scuola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• oscula

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin schola.

Noun

scuola f (plural scuolas)

1. school

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̠kuo̯.la/

Noun

scuola f

1. school

Descendants

• Middle High German: schuole
  • Alemannic German: Schuel, Schuäl, Schuël

    Italian Walser: schiöl, schul, schuel, schuol, schööl

    Swabian: Schual

  • Bavarian: schual, schuele, schuile, Schui, Schul (Southern Bavarian)

    Cimbrian: schual

    Mòcheno: schual

  • Central Franconian: Schull, Schol (southernmost Moselle Franconian)

    Hunsrik: Schul, xuul

  • German: Schule
    • → Lower Sorbian: šula
    • → Silesian: szula
    • → Slovene: šola
    • → Swahili: shule
    • → Yiddish: שולע (shule)
  • Luxembourgish: Schoul, Schull (dialectal)
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Schul

  • Yiddish: שול (shul)
    • → English: shul
    • → Spanish: shul
  • → Latvian: skola
  • → Old Polish: szkoła (see there for further descendants)