l'
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.mɑ̃/
Translation
teaching, education
Word origin
From enseigner, ultimately from Latin insignire ('to mark out, to point out'), from signum ('sign, mark'). The same root gives English sign and ensign.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- insignire
- English cognates
- sign, ensign
Grammar
Examples
l' .
She has been working in teaching for ten years.
L' .
Foreign language teaching starts early in France.
réformer '.
The government wants to reform the education system.
names the profession or system of teaching (l'enseignement des langues, language teaching; le système d'enseignement, the education system), not the act of raising a child, which is éducation. The plural, les enseignements, refers to the different forms of teaching something offers (its "lessons" in a broader sense) rather than to multiple job roles.
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