The French word for class is
classe
Gender
The gender of classe is feminine. E.g. la classe.
French Definition
| class | |
| 1. adj. Classe. | |
| 2. n. Classe. | |
| 3. n. (Biologie) Classe. | |
| 4. n. (Éducation) (Royaume-Uni) Classe. | |
| 5. n. (POO) Classe. | |
| 6. v. Classer. |
Translations for class and their definitions
| classe |  |
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| 1. n. class, type, group. | ||
| 2. n. (military) «Une classe de conscrits» refers to all the recruits conscripted in a particular year. In the plural, «classes» refers to a period of military training. | ||
| 3. n. (object-oriented programming) class. |
| cours | |
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| 1. n-m. stream of water, river | ||
| cours d’eau — water stream | ||
| 2. n-m. course (of events) | ||
| au cours de la guerre — over the course of the war, during the war | ||
| 3. n-m. teaching, lesson, lecture, class | ||
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of courir | ||
| 5. v. second-person singular present indicative of courir | ||
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of courir |
| promotion | |
| 1. n. promotion (career advancement) | |
| 2. n. promotion, advertising | |
| Ils seront là demain pour faire la promotion de leur dernier album. | |
| 3. n. special offer, discount, special, sale | |
| Les pantalons sont en promotion, profitez-en ! | |
| 4. n. school year, year group | |
| Je fais partie de la promotion 2010-2011, et toi ? |
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French school vocabulary includes: une école (school), un collège (middle school), un lycée (high school), un étudiant (student) and un professeur (teaher). This page offers a complete vocab list with words broken down by the following categories: Classroom words, teachers and students and verbs.
French classroom vocabulary
The is a complete list of classroom terms and school supplies. In France, kids carry a pencil case which is referred to as “une trousse”. Kids also carry school or book bags called “un cartable”. In the olden days all kids wrote with a fountain pen, which is called “un stylo plume”.
- l’aquarelle watercolors
- l’encre (f) ink
- le baccalauréat, le bac high school diploma (in France)
- la carte du monde world map
- la colle glue
- la craie chalk
- le drapeau flag
- le papier paper
- les ciseaux scissors
- les devoirs homework
- tableau blanc whiteboard
- taille-crayon pencil sharpener
- un atlas atlas
- un bureau teacher’s desk
- un cahier notebook
- un carnet assignment book
- un classeur binder
- un compas compass
- un cours lesson
- un crayon pencil
- un dictionnaire dictionary
- un examen exam, examination
- un globe (terrestre) globe
- un livre book
- un livre de classe/cours, un manuel scolaire textbook
- un ordinateur computer
- un ordinateur portable laptop
- un pupitre desk
- un rapporteur protractor
- un règle ruler
- un rétroprojecteur overhead projector
- un sac d’écolier, un cartable school bag
- un stylo pen
- un stylo à bille ballpoint pen
- un stylo-plume fountain pen
- un surligneur, un stabilo highlighter
- un tableau interactif smart board
- un trombone paperclip
- un vidéoprojecteur projector
- une agrafeuse stapler
- une calculatrice calculator
- une carte map
- une étagère bookcase
- une expérience experiment
- une gamelle lunchbox
- une gomme à effacer eraser
- une interrogation, interro test, quiz
- une note grade (A through F, etc.)
- une perforatrice, perforeuse hole-puncher
- une punaise thumbtack
- une trousse pencil case
Teachers and students
French has a variety of terms for teachers and this can cause some confusion. At the elementary school (école primaire) level the following terms are used: maître/maîtresse and instituteur/institutrice. At the middle school and high school (collège and lycée) level, the following term are used: enseignant, enseignante. At the high school level the term professeur is used.
- un(e) assistant(e) assistant
- une classe d’étudants class of students
- un entraîneur coach
- un maître, une maîtresse elementary school teacher
- un(e) étudiant(e) d’échange exchange student
- un écolier/une écolière grade school student
- un onseiller d’orientation, une conseillère d’orientation guidance counselor
- un lycéen/une lycéenne high school student
- un professeur high school teacher
- un gardien, un(e) agent(e) d’entretien janitor
- un(e) bibliothécaire librarian
- un(e) enseignant(e) middle school teacher
- le directeur, la directrice principal
- un(e) élève pupil
- un(e) camarade d’école/de classe schoolmate, classmate
- un(e) secrétaire secretary
- une étudiant(e) student
- un(e) prof (slang) teacher
Verbs for school
In French, the term used for passing an exam is “réussir à un examen”. Interestingly, the term used for taking an exam is “passer un examen”. There are two verbs used for flunking an exam: “louper un examen” and “rater un examen” and “échouer à un examen”.
- aller/assister à l’école to go to school
- apprendre to learn
- avoir une leçon to have a class, lesson
- comprendre to undersatnd
- échouer à un examen to fail an exam
- écrire to write
- enseigner to teach
- être absent(e) to be absent
- être present(e) to be present
- étudier to study
- faire l’appel to take attendance
- faire l’ecole buissonnière to play hooky
- faire les devoirs to do homework
- lire to read
- passer un examen to take an exam
- poser une question to ask a question
- prendre des notes to take notes
- recevoir une education, une formation to get an education
- répéter to repeat
- résoudre un problème to solve a problem
- réussir à un examen to pass an exam
- réviser to review
- sécher un cours to skip class
- suivre un cours to take a course, class, subject
- tricher to cheat
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Class is translated «la classe» (fem.) in French when speaking of the classroom or the students as a group. It is translated «le cours» (masc.) when speaking of school subjects (French class is «le cours de français»).
In society, the working class is «la classe ouvrière».
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Pour les élèves — Students
| Pour les élèves | Pupils / Students |
| J’ai un problème | I have a problem |
| Je n’ai pas de… | I don’t have a… |
| J’ai besoin d’un/d’une | I need a … |
| J’ai oublié… | I have forgotten my… |
| J’ai perdu… | I have lost … |
| … mon stylo | … my pen |
| … mon crayon | … my pencil |
| … mon cahier | …my book |
| … mes devoirs | …my homework |
| … ma règle | …my ruler |
| … mon agenda | … my planner |
| Je ne comprends pas | I don’t understand |
| Je comprends | I understand |
| Je ne sais pas | I don’t know |
| Je sais | I know |
| J’ai fini! | I have finished |
| Pouvez-vous répéter? | Can you repeat that? |
| Comment dit-on … en français? | How do you say… in French? |
| Comment dit-on … en anglais? | How do you say … in English? |
| Je m’excuse d’être en retard. | I am sorry I am late. |
| J’ai fini | I’ve finished |
| Je n’ai pas fini | I have not finished |
| Je peux emprunter une règle? | May I borrow a ruler? |
| Comment ça s’écrit? | How do you spell that? |
| Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire? | What does it mean? |
| C’est quelle page? | What page? |
| Pouvez-vous m’aider? | Can you help me, please? |
| J’ai un problème | I have a problem |
| Je ne me sens pas bien | I don’t feel well |
| Est-ce que je peux sortir? | Can I go out? |
| Est-ce que je peux… | Can I… |
| …aller aux toilettes? | …go to the toilet? |
| …emprunter un/une…? | …borrow a..? |
| Je n’ai pas entendu | I did not hear |
Pour les profs — Teachers
| Pour les profs | Teachers |
| Aujourd’hui | Today |
| On va apprendre | We’re going to learn |
| concentrez-vous | Concentrate |
| bravo! | bravo! |
| excellent ! | excellent! |
| très bien! | very good! |
| tant pis! | too bad |
| oh là là! | oh dear |
| pas exactement | not exactly |
| Oui, c’est ça! | Yes, that’s it. |
| Levez la main | Put your hand up |
| Avez-vous fini? | Have you finished? |
| Ne regardez pas! | Don’t look! |
| Dépêchez-vous! | Hurry up! |
| Parle un peu plus fort | Speak a bit louder |
| Parlez moins fort | Speak more quietly |
| Essaie encore une fois | Try another time |
| Où est ton cahier? | Where is your exercise book? |
| Vous comprenez? | Do you understand? |
| Fermez vos cahiers | Close your exercise books |
| Ouvrez vos cahiers | Open your exercise books |
| Il y a trop de bruit! | There is too much noise! |
| ça suffit! | That’s enough! |
| Ne criez pas les réponses! | Don’t shout out the answers! |
| Calmez-vous! | Calm down! |
| Vous pouvez faire mieux! | You can do much better! |
| Tournez-vous! | Turn round! |
| Ne te balance pas sur ta chaise! | Don’t swing on your chair |
| excellent | excellent |
| Félicitations | Congratulations |
| Assez bien | Quite good |
| Bon effort | Good try |
| pas mal | not bad |
| Beaucoup mieux | Much better |
| Passable | ok |
| taisez-vous | Be quiet |
| levez-vous | Stand up |
| En rang et en silence | Line up quietly |
| Entrez | Come in |
| Sortez vos affaires | Take out your equipment/things |
| Distribuez les livres | Give out the books |
| Asseyez-vous | Sit down |
| Prenez vos stylos | Take out your pens |
| Copiez la date | Copy the date |
| Copiez le titre | Copy the title |
| puis | then |
| Je vais faire l’appel | I’m going to take the register / attendance |
| Posez vos stylos | Put down your pens |
| Écoutez-moi | Listen to me |
| Regardez le tableau | Look at the board |
| Rangez vos affaires | Tidy your things away |
Instructions
| Instructions | Instructions |
| Remplissez la grille | Complete the table |
| Mettez dans le bon ordre | Put in the correct order |
| Cochez la bonne réponse | Tick/cross the correct answer |
| Remplissez les blancs | Fill in the blanks |
| Complétez en français | Complete in French |
| Faites correspondre les images et les phrases | Match up the pictures and the sentences |
| Faites une liste en français | Make a list in French |
| Identifiez les phrases correctes. | Identify the correct sentences |
| Indiquez si les phrases sont vraies (V) ou fausses (F) ou si on ne sait pas (?) | Indicate if the sentences are true (V) or false (F) or if you are not told (?) |
| Lisez le texte | Read the text |
| Lisez les phrases suivantes | Read the following sentences |
| Mettez les illustrations dans le bon ordre | Put the illustrations in the right order |
| Mentionnez | Mention |
| Notez | Make a note of |
| Regardez cette publicité | Look at this advert |
| Remplissez la grille en français | Fill in the grid in French |
| Répondez aux questions en français | Answer the questions in French |
| Soulignez | Underline |
| Trouvez la bonne réponse | Find the correct answer |
| Utilisez les mots dans la liste ci-dessous | Use the words in the list below |
| Décrivez | Describe |
| Ecoutez l’exemple | Listen to the example |
| Lisez l’exemple | Read the example |
| Ecrivez environ cent mots | Write about 100 words |
| Ecrivez les détails dans le bon ordre | Write the details in the right order |
| Cochez la case | Tick the box |
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French School Vocabulary
- une école — school (in general), grade school
- un écolier, une écolière — grade school student
- un collège — middle school, junior high
- un collégien, une collégienne — middle school student
- un lycée — high school
- un lycéen, une lycéenne — high school student
- une université — college, university
- un étudiant, une étudiante — college student
- un professeur, un/e prof (informal) — teacher (In France, the word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman. The informal apocope prof, however, can be masculine or feminine.)
- un cours — course
- une salle de classe — classroom
- un bureau — desk
- un pupitre — student desk
- un cahier — notebook
- une calculatrice — calculator
- une carte — map
- un classeur — binder
- une craie — chalk
- un crayon — pencil
- des devoirs (m) — homework
- un dictionnaire — dictionary
- un examen — test
- une gomme — eraser
- un livre — book
- le papier — paper
- une feuille de papier — piece of paper
- recto verso — front and back, both sides
- un sac à dos — backpack
- un stylo — pen
- un tableau — chalkboard