state school

English

Noun

state school (plural state schools)

1. (education) A government-funded school, funded by taxes.

   Synonyms: free school, public school

Usage notes

• The term state school has a far narrower definition in the US. than elsewhere. In the US, term is typically used 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
• Indonesian: sekolah negeri
• Malay: sekolah kebangsaan (ms)
• Polish: szkoła państwowa f
• Portuguese: escola pública f, escola estadual
• Romanian: școală de stat f
• Sundanese: sakola nagri

Further reading

• state school on Wikipedia.Wikipedia