schoolgirl B2 Topic:Education & Learning Also spelled school-girl US /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/ See IPA manual Freq #16693 Meanings 1 noun A girl who goes to school. She has been writing poems since she was a schoolgirl. Thesaurus Word family Forms schoolgirls Etymology Compound of school + girl. *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # schoolgirl **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/ **Frequency rank:** 16693 ## Meanings 1. A girl who goes to school. ## Examples - She has been writing poems since she was a schoolgirl. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *seǵʰ- ## Etymology Compound of school + girl. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown