pupil

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpjuːpəl/

Noun

pupil (plural pupils)

1. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
   • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575 ↗

     The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.

2. (legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

Translations

• French: élève
• German: Schüler, Schülerin, Schulkind
• Italian: allievo, allieva
• Portuguese: aluno, aluna, pupilo, pupila
• Russian: учени́к
• Spanish: alumno, alumna, pupilo

Translations

• French: pupille

Noun

pupil (plural pupils)

1. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
2. (zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.

Translations

• French: pupille, prunelle
• German: Pupille qual usual; Sehloch qual rare; das Schwarzes im Auge qual colloquial; sometimes including the iris
• Italian: pupilla
• Portuguese: pupila
• Russian: зрачо́к
• Spanish: pupila

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