state school

English

Noun

state school (plural state schools)

1. A government-funded school, paid for by taxes.

Usage notes

The term "state school" has a far narrower definition in the U.S. than elsewhere. Americans typically use the term only in the context of higher education.

Translations

government-funded school

• Arabic: مَدْرَسَة حُكُومِيَّة f (madrasa(t) ḥukūmiyya)
• Finnish: valtionkoulu
• German: staatliche Schule f
• Greek: δημόσιο σχολείο n (dimósio scholeío)
• Hungarian: állami iskola
• Malay: sekolah kebangsaan (ms)
• Portuguese: escola pública f, escola estadual
• Romanian: școală de stat f