L'école Flashcards
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Règle f
Ruler (stationary)
Fournitures de bureau fpl
Stationery
Cahier m
Notebook
Retenue f
Detention
Colle f inf
Detention inf
Directeur/trice m/f
Headteacher of a primary school
Principal m/f
Headteacher of a collège
Proviseur m/f
Headteacher of a sixth form
Salle de classe f
Classroom
Cours m
Class (subject)
Classe f
Class (group of students)
Matière f
School subject
Note f
Mark, grade
Noter
To mark
Rater inf
To fail an exam inf
Ne pas avoir son examen
To fail an exam
Réussir
To pass an exam
Passer
To sit an exam
Niveau m
Year group
Promotion f
University year group
Diplôme m
Degree (less precise, can refer to other qualifications)
Licence f
Degree
Maîtrise f
Degree
Master m
Masters (degree)
Maternelle f
Nursery
Brevet des collèges m
Collège certificate
Baccalauréat m
Bac
Grandes écoles fpl
Selective, specialised higher education institutions which you graduate with a masters
Prépas f
A foundation course before going on to a grande école
CP
Year 2
CE1
Year 3
CE2
Year 4
CM1
Year 5
CM2
Year 6
6ème
Year 7
5ème
Year 8
4ème
Year 9
3ème
Year 10
2nde
Year 11
1ère
Year 12
Terminale
Year 13
École élémentaire
Primary school
École privée/libre
Private school
Lycée générale m
Academic lycée
Lycée technologique m
Arts/applied sciences/technical lycée
Lycée professionnel m
Vocational lycée
Lycéen(ne) m/f
Sixth former
Internat m
Boarding school
Pensionnat m
Boarding school
Repasser
To resit an exam
Redoubler
To repeat a year of school
La Toussaint
October half term
Professeur agrégé (PRAG)
A teacher who has passed the agrégation, a competitive exam which allows them a higher salary
Il y a toujours place à amélioration
There is always room for improvement
Chipoter
To nitpick, find errors
Coquille f
Typo
Scotch m
Sellotape
Taille-crayon m
Pencil sharpener
Graphique m
Chart
Guillemet m
Quotation mark
Ranger
To put/pack away
Lacune f
Shortcoming, gap in knowledge
Maternelle Petite, Maternelle Moyenne, Maternelle Grande, CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Terminale
Nursery, Reception, Yr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Rédiger
To write
Police f
Font
Travailler en binôme
To work in pairs
Antisèche f
Cheat sheet
Filière f
Pathway, course, subject
Ardoise (blanche) f
Mini whiteboard
Conseil de classe m
Teachers’ conference
Perm f (slang)
Free period, study hall
Marqueur m
Whiteboard pen
Agrafeuse f
Stapler
Graphique circulaire m
Pie chart
Manuscrit(e)
Handwritten
Écriture f
Handwriting
Plastifier
To laminate
Brouillon m
Draft
Coche f
Tick
Cocher
To tick
Décortiquer
To dissect/analyse/study
Pion m
Monitor (in a school)
Interro f
Test/exam
Interro surprise f
Pop quiz
Parchemin m
Diploma (certificate) or parchment
Engueuler
To tell someone off
Mémoire m
Dissertation, thesis 1
Thèse f
PhD dissertation 2
Blanco m
TippEx
S’attirer des ennuis
To get into trouble
Être en échec scolaire
To underperform at school
Frais de scolarité mpl
Tuition fees
Méritocratie f
Meritocracy
Précarité étudiante f
Student financial vulnerability
Prêt étudiant m
Student loan
Rattraper
To catch up (on a class etc)
BU f
University Library (Casual)
CPE m/f
Senior school administrator
Khôlle/colle f
Preparation for oral exams in prépa
Bienséance f
Decorum, good manners
Confisquer
To confiscate
Érudit(e) m/f
Scholar
CROUS m
Organisation that provides bursaries, accommodation, food etc for uni students
À
Accent grave
É
Accent aigu
TP
Lab work, practical work
Locution f
Phrase, expression, saying
(Retour) à la ligne
New line
Substantif m
Noun
Faire l’appel
To do the register
SVT fpl
Sciences de la vie et la terre
Casier m
Locker or pigeonhole or rack (of shoes etc) or cupboard
Bizutage m
Fresher initiation, hazing
DST m
Devoir sur table
In-class exam
Cartable m
Book bag
Équerre f
Set square (triangle ruler)
CPE m/f
Conseiller principal d’éducation
Head administrator at a secondary school