high school

== English == === Alternative forms === highschool (proscribed) high-school HS === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English hyȝ scole (“school for higher education”), equivalent to high +‎ school. Cognate with Dutch hogeschool (“academy, university, graduate school”), German Hochschule (“academy, college, university”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.skul/, [ˈhɐɪsku̟ɫ] (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɪskul/ === Noun === high school (countable and uncountable, plural high schools) (education) An institution which provides all or part of secondary education. (Canada, US, Australia, Scotland) A secondary school. (Philippines) A secondary education school, consisting of junior high school and senior high school (grades 7-12) (Philippines, historical) A secondary education school for years 1-4 (now junior high school) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English high school. First attested in 1963. === Noun === high school c (foreign) A high school, a North American or Australian secondary school. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === gymnasium (“high school; secondary school”) högskola (“college”, literally “high school”) === References ===