prep school

English

Etymology

Clipped compound of preparatory school.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛpˌskuːl/

Noun

prep school (plural prep schools)

1. Clipping of preparatory school.

Derived terms

• prepper
• preppy

Translations

US: school that prepares for university

• Finnish: yksityislukio (private); lukio (fi) (any), preppauskoulu (fi)
• Hungarian: gimnázium (hu), magániskola (hu), magángimnázium
• Japanese: 予備校 (ja) (よびこう, yobikō)
• Polish: szkoła przygotowująca na studia f
• Spanish: preparatoria (es)

UK: private school that prepares for common entrance examination

• Esperanto: privata lernejo
• Finnish: yksityinen peruskoulu
• Hungarian: egyetemi előkészítő iskola
• Japanese: 塾 (ja) (じゅく, juku)
• Polish: szkoła prywatna f

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} privatskola (sv)