le
/kɔ.lɛʒ/
Translation
secondary school (ages eleven to fifteen), college
Word origin
From Latin collegium ('a body of colleagues'), from collega. In modern France it names the four years of school between primary and the lycée, not a university.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- collegium
- English cognates
- college, colleague
Grammar
Examples
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My son starts secondary school in September.
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The secondary schools are closing for the holidays.
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She teaches at a private secondary school.
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The school is behind the church.
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He met his wife at secondary school.
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