"FLE" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: French FLE (“FLÉ”) (français langue étrangère) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|FLE||FLÉ}} French FLE (“FLÉ”), {{gloss|français langue étrangère}} (français langue étrangère) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} FLE (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics education, initialism) French as a foreign language; French language for foreign language education Tags: initialism, uncountable Categories (topical): Education, Linguistics
    Sense id: en-FLE-en-noun-dZt3bjx3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 28 28 Topics: education, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} FLE (uncountable)
  1. Abbreviation of frontal lobe epilepsy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: frontal lobe epilepsy
    Sense id: en-FLE-en-noun-yVEtElrY
  2. Initialism of Finland, Latvia/Lithuania, Estonia.; FLE time zone; Synonym of EET (“Eastern European time”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Finland (extra: FLE time zone; Synonym of EET (“Eastern European time”)), Latvia/Lithuania (extra: FLE time zone; Synonym of EET (“Eastern European time”)), Estonia (extra: FLE time zone; Synonym of EET (“Eastern European time”))
    Sense id: en-FLE-en-noun-dGMFNQ-5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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