oppilas

== Finnish == === Etymology === oppi (“study”) +‎ -las. First documented use in writing in 1836 in a work by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt, in print in 1837. Originally meant ylioppilas, but no longer after about 1850. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈopːilɑs/, [ˈo̞pːilɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -opːilɑs Syllabification(key): op‧pi‧las Hyphenation(key): op‧pi‧las === Noun === oppilas pupil (student) Near-synonym: opiskelija disciple (person who learns from another) (military, informal) ellipsis of aliupseerioppilas (“NCO student”) ==== Usage notes ==== oppilas generally refers to younger students, while older students are opiskelija. In legal texts, oppilas refers to students in peruskoulu, while opiskelija is used in any higher education. Exact use varies, however. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== oppia === See also === opiskelija === References === === Further reading === “oppilas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Latin == === Verb === oppīlās second-person singular present active indicative of oppīlō