Scholarly French Vocabulary
When it’s time for school, students and teachers will be glad to know this French vocabulary.
| une école un écolier / une écolière |
school (in general), grade school grade school student |
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| un collège un collégien / une collégienne |
middle school, junior high middle school student |
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| un lycée un lycéen / une lycéenne |
high school high school student |
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| une université un étudiant / une étudiante |
college, university college student |
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| un professeur, un/e prof (informal)* | teacher |
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*In many French-speaking countries, both le professeur and la professeur exist, but in France, the word is always masculine, even when talking about a woman. However, the informal apocope prof, which you might use when talking to friends (not your teacher!), may be masculine or feminine.
| un bureau | teacher’s desk | |
| un cahier | notebook | |
| une calculatrice | calculator | |
| un cartable | schoolbag, satchel | |
| une carte | map | |
| une classe une salle de classe |
class classroom |
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| un classeur | binder | |
| un cours | course | |
| une craie | chalk | |
| un crayon (à papier) | pencil | |
| des devoirs (m) | homework | |
| un dictionnaire | dictionary | |
| un examen | test | |
| une gomme | eraser | |
| un livre | book | |
| un ordinateur un ordi |
computer (informal) |
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| le papier une feuille de papier recto verso |
paper piece of paper front and back, both sides |
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| un pupitre | student desk | |
| une règle | ruler | |
| un sac à dos | backpack | |
| un stylo | pen | |
| un stylo-plume | fountain pen | |
| un tableau | chalkboard | |
| un taille-crayon | pencil sharpener | |
| une trousse | pencil case |
School verbs (click for conjugations)
| assister | to attend | |
| écrire | to write | |
| étudier | to study | |
| faire ses devoirs | to do one’s homework | |
| lire | to read | |
| passer un examen | to take a test | |
| réussir à un examen | to pass a test | |
| taper | to type |
Expressions
- À la rentrée ~ See you in September!
- faire l’école buissonnière – to play hooky
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