schoolwork

English

Etymology

From school +‎ work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskuːlˌwɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskulˌwɝk/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

schoolwork (uncountable)

1. Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.

   Hypernym: work

   Hyponyms: classwork, homework

   I'm 40, but now that I'm back going for my degree I'm swamped with schoolwork.

Translations

work done for school

• Bulgarian: уроци (bg) m pl (uroci)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 功課 / 功课 (zh) (gōngkè), 作業 / 作业 (zh) (zuòyè)

• Dutch: schoolwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: koulutyö
• French: travail scolaire m
• Spanish: trabajo escolar m, tarea académica f
• Swedish: skolarbete (sv) n

See also

• studying (often hyponymous)
• three Rs