écolier

French

Etymology

From Old French escolier, escoler, an early borrowing from Late Latin scholāris (equivalent to école +‎ -ier), from Latin schola. Compare also the doublet scolaire, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.kɔ.lje/
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Noun

écolier m (plural écoliers, feminine écolière)

(historical) (university) student (especially in the Middle Ages)
schoolboy

Related terms

école

Further reading

“écolier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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