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Lycée

Lycée

See also: lycee and lycée

Luxembourgish

Noun

Lycée m (plural Lycéeën)

  1. grammar school

Usage notes

The non-standard spelling Lycéen is often seen for the plural even in writers who are well acquainted with Luxembourgish orthography.

lycée

lycée

See also: lycee and Lycée

English

Noun

lycée (plural lycées)

  1. A public secondary school in France.

Translations


French

Etymology

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").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.se/
  • Homophone: lycées
  • Hyphenation: ly‧cée

Noun

lycée m (plural lycées)

  1. a public secondary school

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