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oppilas.

pupil (student)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈopːilɑs/[ˈo̞pːilɑ̝s̠]
  1. pupil (student)

  2. disciple (person who learns from another)

  3. ellipsis of aliupseerioppilas (“NCO student”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · informal
Where this word comes from

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.

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