school

school
school
A n
1 Sch école f ; at school à l'école ; to go to/start/leave school aller à/commencer/quitter l'école ; to send sb to school envoyer qn à l'école ; the whole school was there toute l'école était là ; used in schools utilisé à l'école ; broadcasts for schools émissions scolaires ; before/after school avant/après l'école or la classe ; school starts/finishes/restarts les cours commencent/finissent/reprennent ; no school today pas de classe aujourd'hui ; a school for the blind/gifted une école pour aveugles/surdoués ;
2 (college) (of music, education etc) école f ; to go to medical/law school faire des études de médecine/droit ;
3 US (university) université f ;
4 (of painting, literature, thought) école f ;
5 (of whales , dolphins, porpoises) banc m ;
6 (group of gamblers, drinkers etc) groupe m.
B modif gen [holiday, outing, life, uniform, year] scolaire ; (of particular school) [canteen, library, minibus, playground, register] de l'école.
C vtr
1 (educate) to school sb in sth enseigner qch à qn [art, trick, ways] ;
2 (train) dresser [horse].
D v refl to school oneself in s'enseigner [patience, prudence].
Idioms
of the old school de la vieille école ; to go to the school of hard knocks aller à l'école de la vie ; to grow up/learn sth in a hard school grandir/apprendre qch à dure école.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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