skool

skool (countable and uncountable, plural skools)

1. Deliberate misspelling of school.

• Sensational spelling, used in graffiti etc.

• nu skool
• old skool

From Dutch school, from Middle Dutch schôle, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

• IPA^(key): /skʊə̯l/

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skool (plural skole, diminutive skooltjie)

1. school

• dorpskool
• hoërskool
• kleuterskool
• laerskool

• → Northern Ndebele: isikolo
• → Nǀuu: skoolsi, skualsi
• → Sotho: sekolo
• → Southern Ndebele: isikolo
• → Shona: chikoro (through a Nguni intermediate)
• → Tsonga: xikolo
• → Venda: tshikolo
• → Xhosa: isikolo
• → Zulu: isikole

From Swedish skål.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskoːl/, [ˈs̠ko̞ːl]
• Rhymes: -oːl
• Syllabification^(key): skool
• Hyphenation^(key): skool

skool!

1. cheers (toast)

• kippis

• “skool”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023