taupe

Inherited from Old French taupe, inherited from Latin talpa.


cycle

Inherited from Middle French, from Late Latin cyclus.

(Switzerland) middle school, junior high school


PC

(education, in Tunisia) CP Initialism of Physique-Chimie. (Engineering stream)


doyen

fr-noun

doyen m (plural doyens, feminine doyenne)

Inherited from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem.


formation

→ Dutch: formatie

Inherited from Old French formacion, borrowed from Latin fōrmātiōnem. Cf. also the archaic formaison.

la formation juridique

Je suis gynécologue de formation.


piquet

→ English: piquet

→ Italian: picchetto

(education) a school punishment in which a student has to remain standing for some time by a tree or a wall, usually in the corner of the classroom


khâgne

Pseudo-Greek modification of cagneux (“knock-kneed”), c. 1900.

(France, university slang) the second year course, preceded by hypokhâgne, of a two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition to the École normale supérieure in Paris


TD

(colloquial, education) (Initialism of travaux dirigés.; tutorials


DEA

Initialism of diplôme d’études approfondies (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate)


école

Haitian Creole: lekòl

→ Bambara: ekɔli, lakɔli

→ Moore: lekolle

Turkish: ekol

Inherited from Middle French eschole, from Old French escole, an early borrowing or semi-learned word taken from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).


CES

(France) Initialism of collège d’enseignement secondaire (“junior high school, secondary school”)


rentrée

Portuguese: rentrée

Dans 5 jours, c’est la rentrée.

Pour les jeunes, c’est la rentrée scolaire: beaucoup de parents accompagnent leurs jeunes enfants à l’école le jour de la rentrée des classes, et les patrons sont encouragés à leur accorder cette possibilité.

2015, William Edmiston, Annie Dumenil, La France contemporaine, Cengage Learning, →ISBN:

For children, it is the start of the new school year: many parents accompany their young children to school on the first day back, and bosses are encouraged to allow them to do so.

(education, administration) the return to school or work after a vacation (usually the summer break); start of the school year


lycée

→ Arabic: لِيسيه (līsēh)

→ Ottoman Turkish: لیسه (lise)

Turkish: lise
→ Northern Kurdish: lîse

→ Persian: لیسه (lise)

→ Romanian: liceu

From Latin lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer").


licence

→ Turkish: lisans

→ Persian: لیسانس (lisâns)

Inherited from Old French licence, borrowed from Latin licentia.

(education) bachelor's degree (three-year long)


professeur

professeur m (plural professeurs, feminine professeure or professeuse)

professeurs (plural)
professeure (feminine)
professeuse (feminine)

→ Turkish: profesör

[pχɔfɛsɑœ̯ɹ]

Professeur de français, professeur de mathématiques.

Le conseil de faculté comprend les professeurs titulaires et a notamment pour fonction de présenter des candidats aux chaires vacantes.

The faculty council comprises tenured professors and has the particular function of presenting candidates for vacant chairs.


étude

→ Danish: etude

→ Dutch: etude

→ English: etude

→ Polish: etiuda

desctree

→ Russian: этю́д (etjúd), этю́дъ (etjúd) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Kazakh: этюд (étüd)
→ Uzbek: etyud

→ Turkish: etüt

From Old French estude, borrowed from Latin studium.

study (room in a house intended for reading and writing)


colle

Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). Compare Italian colla, Portuguese and Spanish cola.

La khôlle (ou colle) est une interrogation orale d’une heure devant un tableau. On vous donne un exercice et vous avez pour mission de le résoudre (même si ce n’est pas le plus important).

2010, Alexandre Devaux, Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la prépa scientifique, Dunod, →ISBN, page 79:

The khôlle (or colle) is an hour-long oral examination in front of a blackboard. You are given an exercise and your mission is to solve it (although solving it is not the most important thing).

(France, education) oral examination at a prépa or during the PASS


baccalauréat

Borrowed from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, from baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”) to resemble bacca laurī (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory).

bor+

baccalaureat (≈ A-level, high school diploma)


fraude

Inherited from Middle French fraude, from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraudem.


externe

fr-noun

externe m or f by sense (plural externes)

(education) (a school student who doesn't stay in his establishment for meals or at night)


bahut

Inherited from Old French bahur. Further origin unknown, most hypotheses being weak in one respect or another (cf. Further reading below). Bratchet suggests Middle High German behut (“hutch for provisions”) or Frankish *baghūdi, *baghōdi (“sideboard”), from Proto-Germanic *bagg- (possibly related to Old Norse baggi, Proto-Germanic *pakkô) + *hūdiz (“hide, protection”).
Compare Italian baule, Ladino baul, Portuguese baú.


centralien

a eq. master degree in engineering offered at Ecole Centrale Paris, the Centralien curriculum


cursus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cursus m. Doublet of cours m and course f.


collège

→ Turkish: kolej

Inherited from Middle French college, from Old French college, borrowed from Latin collēgium.


brimade

a hazing, some test which seniors impose on newbies in (para) military units, school, etc. by way of initiation


doyenne

fr-noun

doyenne f (plural doyennes, masculine doyen)

(Canada, education) female dean at an educational establishment


décrocher

décrocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décrochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décroché (participle past)
décroche (first-person indicative present singular)
décroches (indicative present second-person singular)
décroche (indicative present singular third-person)
décrochons (first-person indicative plural present)
décrochez (indicative plural present second-person)
décrochent (indicative plural present third-person)
décrochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décrochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décrochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décrochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décrochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décrochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décrochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décrochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décrocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décrochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décrochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décrochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décrocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
décrocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
décrochera (future indicative singular third-person)
décrocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
décrocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
décrocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
décrocherais (conditional first-person singular)
décrocherais (conditional second-person singular)
décrocherait (conditional singular third-person)
décrocherions (conditional first-person plural)
décrocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
décrocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décroche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décroches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décroche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décrochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décrochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décrochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décrochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décrochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décrochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décrochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décrochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décrochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décroche (imperative second-person singular)
décrochons (first-person imperative plural)
décrochez (imperative plural second-person)

to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation

décrocher un boulot


contrôle

→ Catalan: control

→ Galician: control

→ Italian: controllo

desc

→ Portuguese: controlo, controle (chiefly Brazil), contrôlo (pre-reform)

→ Romanian: control

→ Spanish: control

→ Turkish: kontrol

→ Persian: کنترل (kontorol)

An haplology of Middle French contrerole, a borrowing from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Latin rotulus, rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).


partiel

Borrowed from Latin partiālis. Doublet of partial.


calotte

→ Catalan: calota

→ English: calotte

→ German: Kalotte

→ Italian: calotta

→ Portuguese: calota, calote

→ Spanish: galota, galocha

Borrowed from Old Occitan calotta, calota, either an extension of French cale (“a kind of bonnet”), or from Arabic كَلُّوتَة (kallūta, “a headdress consisting of a small cap with a giant turban, or only the small cap”). See also French calot and Latin calautica, kinds of caps.

der

(Belgium, university slang) cap worn by students of Belgian Catholic universities after the corona ceremony (a sort of hazing)


université

→ Turkish: üniversite

→ Persian: اونیورسیته (universite)

Haitian Creole: inivèsite

Inherited from Old French universitei, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin universitātem.

university (institution of higher education)


normalien

fr-noun

normalien m (plural normaliens, feminine normalienne)

normaliens (plural)
normalienne (feminine)

(historical) student at a teacher training college


énarque

énarque m or f by sense (plural énarques)

→ English: énarque

énarque (graduate of the École nationale d'administration)


tuteur

tuteur m (plural tuteurs, feminine tutrice)


MEQ

initialism

Ministre d’Éducation du Québec
Ministre d'Éducation du Québec#French

(Quebec, education) Initialism of Ministre d’Éducation du Québec.


haute école

Feminine of haut (“high”) + école (“school”) (from Latin schola); perfectly parallel to Dutch hogeschool; compare high school.

(Belgium) a school of higher education, academic but not ranked as a university


promoteur

fr-noun

promoteur m (plural promoteurs, feminine promotrice)

promoteurs (plural)
promotrice (feminine)

promoteur de mémoire

promoteur de thèse

co-promoteur

(university slang) thesis supervisor, tutor, director, advisor


séminaire

→ Romanian: seminar

→ Turkish: seminer


cours magistral

cours magistral m (plural cours magistraux)


polytechnicien

polytechnicien m (plural polytechniciens, feminine polytechnicienne)

polytechniciens (plural)
polytechnicienne (feminine)

Je le sais homme de valeur. Il sort de l'École polytechnique. Je me suis bien laissé dire que le coup de marteau, dont on avance que de nombreux polytechniciens sont affligés, a laissé des traces particulières sur son cerveau. (Joseph Caillaux, Mes Mémoires, I, Ma jeunesse orgueilleuse, 1942)


antisèche

(France) cheat sheet (a sheet of paper used to assist on a test)


bulletiner

bulletiner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bulletinant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bulletiné (participle past)
bulletine (first-person indicative present singular)
bulletines (indicative present second-person singular)
bulletine (indicative present singular third-person)
bulletinons (first-person indicative plural present)
bulletinez (indicative plural present second-person)
bulletinent (indicative plural present third-person)
bulletinais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bulletinais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bulletinait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bulletinions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bulletiniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bulletinaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bulletinai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bulletinas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bulletina (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bulletinâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bulletinâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bulletinèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bulletinerai (first-person future indicative singular)
bulletineras (future indicative second-person singular)
bulletinera (future indicative singular third-person)
bulletinerons (first-person future indicative plural)
bulletinerez (future indicative plural second-person)
bulletineront (future indicative plural third-person)
bulletinerais (conditional first-person singular)
bulletinerais (conditional second-person singular)
bulletinerait (conditional singular third-person)
bulletinerions (conditional first-person plural)
bulletineriez (conditional plural second-person)
bulletineraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bulletine (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bulletines (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bulletine (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bulletinions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bulletiniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bulletinent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bulletinasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bulletinasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bulletinât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bulletinassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bulletinassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bulletinassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bulletine (imperative second-person singular)
bulletinons (first-person imperative plural)
bulletinez (imperative plural second-person)

(library science) to register periodicals each time they come out


catéchisme

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin catēchismus.


ENS

école normale supérieure
w:école normale supérieure

(France, education) Initialism of école normale supérieure, a type of publicly funded higher education institution in France.


prépa

(France, education) Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles


réorienter

réorienter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
réorientant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
réorienté (participle past)
réoriente (first-person indicative present singular)
réorientes (indicative present second-person singular)
réoriente (indicative present singular third-person)
réorientons (first-person indicative plural present)
réorientez (indicative plural present second-person)
réorientent (indicative plural present third-person)
réorientais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
réorientais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
réorientait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
réorientions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
réorientiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
réorientaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
réorientai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
réorientas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
réorienta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
réorientâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
réorientâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
réorientèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
réorienterai (first-person future indicative singular)
réorienteras (future indicative second-person singular)
réorientera (future indicative singular third-person)
réorienterons (first-person future indicative plural)
réorienterez (future indicative plural second-person)
réorienteront (future indicative plural third-person)
réorienterais (conditional first-person singular)
réorienterais (conditional second-person singular)
réorienterait (conditional singular third-person)
réorienterions (conditional first-person plural)
réorienteriez (conditional plural second-person)
réorienteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
réoriente (first-person present singular subjunctive)
réorientes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
réoriente (present singular subjunctive third-person)
réorientions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
réorientiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
réorientent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
réorientasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
réorientasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
réorientât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
réorientassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
réorientassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
réorientassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
réoriente (imperative second-person singular)
réorientons (first-person imperative plural)
réorientez (imperative plural second-person)


pensionnat

→ German: Pensionat


athénée

From Latin Athenaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon), from Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Louisiana) a type of high school; atheneum


agrégation

(education) a high-level competitive examination for the recruitment of teachers in France


bisser

bisser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bissé (participle past)
bisse (first-person indicative present singular)
bisses (indicative present second-person singular)
bisse (indicative present singular third-person)
bissons (first-person indicative plural present)
bissez (indicative plural present second-person)
bissent (indicative plural present third-person)
bissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bissai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bissas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bissa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bissâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bissâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bissèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bisserai (first-person future indicative singular)
bisseras (future indicative second-person singular)
bissera (future indicative singular third-person)
bisserons (first-person future indicative plural)
bisserez (future indicative plural second-person)
bisseront (future indicative plural third-person)
bisserais (conditional first-person singular)
bisserais (conditional second-person singular)
bisserait (conditional singular third-person)
bisserions (conditional first-person plural)
bisseriez (conditional plural second-person)
bisseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bissasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bissasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bissât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bissassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bissassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bissassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bisse (imperative second-person singular)
bissons (first-person imperative plural)
bissez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali, Rwanda, education) to repeat a year at school


catéchumène

fr-noun

catéchumène m or f by sense (plural catéchumènes)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus.


hypokhâgne

Et puis, je l’ai sans doute écouté, lui et mes autres professeurs de lettres, puisque j’ai continué. Je suis rentré en hypokhâgne à Louis-le-Grand... J’ai fait une année d’hypokhâgne ; […]

2014, Salvatore D'Onofrio, L'esprit de la parenté, Les Editions de la MSH, →ISBN, page 106:

Il passe un bac C. «Ma mère et mon oncle percevaient l’hypokhâgne comme une voie sans issue. Je ne voulais pas faire une hypokhâgne classique car j’avais arrêté le latin […]

2015, Marie-Laure Delorme, De bons élèves, Stock, →ISBN:

(university slang) the first year course, followed by khâgne, of the two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition of the École normale supérieure in Paris


mastère

* A registered trademark, originally capitalized as Mastère.


PEB

(acronym) (library science) a system enabling a library to borrow a document from another library to make it available for a registered reader


cégépien

fr-noun

cégépien m (plural cégépiens, feminine cégépienne)

cégépiens (plural)
cégépienne (feminine)

(education, Quebec) a student who attend a cégep


cégep

Acronym of collège d’enseignement général et professionnel.

acronym

(Quebec, education) cégep (college in Québec)


apparitorat

Ultimately borrowed from Latin apparitor.

(Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo) office of student affairs (at a university)


archicube

fr-noun

archicube m or f by sense (plural archicubes)

École normale supérieure
école normale supérieure

(jargon, education) Graduate, former student at the École normale supérieure in Paris


catéchèse

Romanian: cateheză

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis).


catéchétique

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχητικός (katēkhētikós).


hypotaupe

(education) a higher mathematics class that is one year below the taupe


devoir surveillé

fr-noun

devoir surveillé m (plural devoirs surveillés)


PASS

parcours accès spécifique santé
parcours accès spécifique santé#French

(France, education) Initialism of parcours accès spécifique santé (“specific health access path”).


enseignement supérieur

établissement d’enseignement supérieur


école primaire

école primaire f (countable and uncountable, plural écoles primaires)

Coordinate term: école secondaire


rentrée scolaire

rentrée scolaire f (plural rentrées scolaires)

(education) the return to school; the beginning of the new school year


année scolaire

année scolaire f (plural années scolaires)


année académique

année académique f (plural années académiques)


rentrée des classes

rentrée des classes f (plural rentrées des classes)

rentrée scolaire
rentrée scolaire#French


carte mémoire

carte mémoire f (plural cartes mémoires)


bourse d'excellence

bourse d’excellence f (plural bourses d’excellence)

bourse d’ excellence (canonical feminine)
bourses d’excellence (plural)

(education) merit scholarship, fellowship


bourse d'études

bourse d’études f (plural bourses d’études)

bourse d’ études (canonical feminine)
bourses d’études (plural)

(education) scholarship, stipend, student allowance


école secondaire

école secondaire f (countable and uncountable, plural écoles secondaires)


khôlle

(university slang) Synonym of colle (“oral examination”)


DEUG

DEUG (plural)
DEUGS (plural)
DEUGs (plural)

Diplôme d'études universitaires générales#French

General Academic Studies Degree
General Academic Studies Degree

(France) Acronym of Diplôme d’études universitaires générales (“General Academic Studies Degree”).

fr:Diplôme d'études universitaires générales


en présentiel

enseignement en présentiel

cours en présentiel

L’examen aura lieu en présentiel.


sous-khôlle

(France, education) oral exam at a prépa or especially during the PASS where the examinator is an older student


travaux pratiques

(education) practical, tutorial (lesson prepared so that a student can learn through exercises)


HEC

Initialism of Hautes Études Commerciales.


surgé

surveillant général
surveillant général#French

(education, historical, slang) Clipping of surveillant général.


demi-pensionnaire

demi-pensionnaire m or f by sense (plural demi-pensionnaires)

From demi-pension + -aire or demi + pensionnaire.

(education) day boarder (a school student who stays for lunch breaks and cannot leave his establishment at that time)


tronc commun

/tʁɔ̃ kɔ.mœ̃/

une matière du tronc commun

(education) core curriculum (courses or other components of an educational program which are foundational, prerequisite, or mandatory, as opposed to the elective, secondary, or variable components of a program)


faire ses classes

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire ses classes.wav

(figuratively) to learn the ropes (somewhere)


billet de rentrée

billet de rentrée m (plural billets de rentrée)

(education, France) A ticket enabling a pupil to join a class after an absence.


EPE

(education) Initialism of éducation de la petite enfance (“early childhood education”): ECE


effectuer ses classes

faire ses classes
faire ses classes#French


la plus grande distinction

la plus grande distinction f (uncountable)

desc

→ Dutch: grootste onderscheiding (calque)

avec la plus grande distinction

(Belgium) highest honours, first-class honours


grande distinction

fr-noun

grande distinction f (plural grandes distinctions)

→ Dutch: grote onderscheiding (calque)

avec grande distinction