| Term | Definition |
|---|
| L’école maternelle (f) | Preschool |
| L’école primaire (f) | Elementary school |
| Le collège | Middle school |
| Le lycée | High school |
| L’université (m) | College, university |
| La salle de classe | Classroom |
| La faculté | School within a university |
| La fac (familiar) | School within a university |
| La fac de médecine | The medical school |
| La fac de droit | The law school |
| L’amphithéâtre (m) | Lecture hall |
| L’amphi (familiar) | Lecture hall |
| L’élève (m & f) | Primary and secondary school student |
| Le lycéen | Male high school student |
| La lycéenne | Female high school student |
| L’étudiant (m) | Male university student |
| L’étudiante (f) | Female university student |
| L’instituteur (m) | Male elementary school teacher |
| L’institutrice (f) | Female elementary school teacher |
| Le maître | Male elementary school teacher |
| La maîtresse | Female elementary school teacher |
| Le nul (familiar) | Male poor student |
| La nulle (familiar) | Female poor student |
| La tête | Very bright student |
| L’illettré (m) | Male illiterate person |
| L’illettrée (f) | Female illiterate person |
| La bourse | Scholarship, fellowship |
| L’enseignement (m) | Education, instruction |
| Les matières (f) (obligatoires) | (required) courses |
| Le cursus | Curriculum |
| La filière | Area of concentration |
| La rentrée | Return to school in fall |
| Les droits d’inscription (m) | Registration fees |
| La note | Grade |
| La moyenne | Grade average |
| L’U.E. (f) | Course credit |
| Le relevé de notes | Report card, student record |
| La rédaction | composition |
| La dissertation | Essay, paper (English, History, etc.) |
| La dissert (familiar) | Essay, paper (English, History, etc.) |
| La thèse | Thesis |
| Le cours magistral | Lecture course |
| Les travaux dirigés (m) | Discussion section, lab |
| Les T.D. (m) (familiar) | Discussion section, lab |
| L’interrogation (f) | Test or quiz |
| L’interro (f) | Test or quiz |
| Le contrôle | Test or quiz |
| Le partiel | Midterm exam |
| L’examen (m) | Exam |
| L’examen blanc (m) | Practice test |
| Le stage | internship |
| Le dossier | File document, student record |
| Se débrouiller | To manage, to cope, to get along |
| S’inscrire | To register |
| Suivre un cours | To take a class |
| Redoubler une année | To repeat a year |
| Assister à (un cours, une conférence …) | To attend (a class, a lecture …) |
| Sécher un cours (familiar) | To skip a class |
| Rendre (un devoir) | To turn in (a homework) |
| Passer un examen | To take a test |
| Réussir (à) un examen | To pass a test |
| Échouer à un examen | To fail a test |
| Rater un examen (familiar) | To fail a test |
| Bosser (familiar) | To study hard |
| Bachoter (familiar) | To cram |
| Tricher | To cheat |
| Pomper (familiar) | To cheat |
| Se spécialiser en | To major in |
| Obtenir un diplôme | To receive a diploma, to graduate (American system) |
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