"normal school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: normal schools [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|école normale}} Calque of French école normale Head templates: {{en-noun}} normal school (plural normal schools)
  1. (obsolete) A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Schools Translations (school for training teachers): 師範學校 (Chinese Mandarin), 师范学校 (shīfàn xuéxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), normaalschool [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kweekschool (Dutch), normaalikoulu (Finnish), école normale [feminine] (French), Normalschule [feminine] (German), tanárképző/tanítóképző főiskola (Hungarian), institut keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan (Indonesian), 師範学校 (alt: しはんがっこう shihan-gakkou) (Japanese), școală normală [feminine] (Romanian), escuela normal [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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