Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

national school

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.30 in modern English

Syllables: na-tion-al school
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.

Example Sentences

"My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School."
"So, physically place a national school next to vernacular schools, join them by physical link-ways, and then they share a common playing field – unity is expected to be generated over time."
"Teo Nie Ching said remove classes were meant to aid students who were not fluent in Malay, which is the medium at national schools."

Etymology

A calque of Malay sekolah kebangsaan.

Inflected Forms

national schools (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

national secondary school

Antonyms

national-type school vernacular school

Questions

What does national school mean?: A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.
Where does national school come from?: A calque of Malay sekolah kebangsaan.

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