Pupil

Noun

 * 1)  An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
 * 2) A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.

Noun

 * 1)  The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

Verbs for Pupil
(eye)

damage—; enlarge—; examine—; exercise —; expose—; film—; harm—; impair—; injure—; mar—; mist—; pierce—; strain—; —contracts; —dilates; —responds.

Adjectives for Pupil
(general)

apt; docile; individual; dilated; illustrious; ill-omened; interesting; ungifted; alert; unpromising; expressionless; unwilling; incapable; progressive; precocious; impressionable; desired; bewildered; diligent; apathetic; steely.

Verbs for Pupil
(student) chastise—; encourage—; entertain —s; examine —s; grade —s; graduate—; impart to—; inculcate in—; instil in—; instruct—; limit —s; prepare—; question—; reprimand —; —competes; —comprehends; —crams (colloq.) ; —demonstrates; —flunks (colloq) ; —grasps; —passes; —responds; —surpas¬ses; —understands.

Thesaurus
apprentice, auditor, autodidact, baby blues, banjo eyes, beginner, bright eyes, catechumen, clear eyes, cornea, disciple, educatee, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, inquirer, iris, learner, lens, lid, monitor, naked eye, neophyte, nictitating membrane, novice, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, praepostor, prefect, retina, saucer eyes, scholar, schoolboy, schoolgirl, sclera, self-taught person, starry orbs, student, studier, trainee, tyro, unaided eye, visual organ

Etymology 1
From pupille:, from  pupillus:, variant of pupulus:, from pupus:.

Etymology 2
From pupille:, from  pupilla:, named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

Noun

 * Albanian: nxënës
 * Arabic: تلميذ, تلميذة
 * Armenian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: pupil, pupil·la
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, , ,
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , Schulkind
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 学童,,  ,  ,
 * Kabyle:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Manx: doltey
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Irish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: (učeník),  (učeníca)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene: učenec, učenka
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: julan,  hijulan,  jijulan,  lärnan,  hilärnan,  jilärnan,  tidäb,  hitidäb,  jitidäb,  donajulan,  donahijulan,  donajijulan

Related terms

 * student

Noun

 * Arabic: حدقة, بؤبؤ
 * Egyptian:
 * Armenian: բիբ
 * Catalan: pupil
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Pupille, Sehloch
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: зеница
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: pupill
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, зеница
 * Scottish Gaelic:, dubh
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: püpil

Derived terms

 * pupilar
 * pupilary
 * pupillary

Noun

 * 1)  (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Etymology
From pupilla:, diminutive of pupa:.