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French vocabulary B2: Studies and language
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School and university life, school supplies, language study, grammar terms and punctuation marks, such as “la craie”, “le préau”, “le doctorant”, “le point-virgule” and “la proposition relative”.
161 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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la retenue (à l'école)
detention (at school)
l'établissement (scolaire)
educational institutionalso: educational establishment, school, institution
la liaison (entre deux mots)
liaison (between two words)
parcourir (un texte)also: survoler, lire en diagonale
to skim through (a text)also: to look through, to browse, to skim, to scan, to go through
la marge
margin
les fouilles
excavationsalso: digs, archaeological digs
s'initier (à qqch)
to learn the basics of (sth)also: to get started in, to be introduced to
le rassemblement (à l'école)
assembly (at school)
noter (un devoir)
to mark (schoolwork)also: to grade, to give marks to, to score
suspendre (un élève)
to suspend (a student)also: to suspend a pupil, to exclude temporarily
la discipline
discipline (rules)
la réussite (à un examen)
pass (exam result)also: passing, exam success
l'obtention
obtainingalso: getting, gaining, attainment
l'interrogation (écrite ou orale)also: le contrôle
test (in class)also: quiz, class test
redoubler
to repeat a year (at school)also: to retake the year, to stay down, to be held back
former (qqn)
to train (sb for a job)also: to educate
maîtriser (une compétence)
to master (a skill)also: to have a good command of
la maîtrise (d'un sujet)
mastery (of a subject)also: command, grasp
familiariser (qqn avec qqch)
to familiarise (sb with sth)also: to familiarize, to acquaint
la proposition (en grammaire)
clause (in grammar)
figuréalso: figurée
figurative
le déterminant
determiner
la conjonction
conjunction (grammar)
revoir (qqch)
to go over (sth)also: to review, to look over, to go through
la référence (bibliographique)
reference (to a source)
la thèse (universitaire)
thesis (university paper)also: dissertation, doctoral thesis, PhD thesis
la spécialité (universitaire)
main subject (at university)also: major, specialism, speciality, specialisation
le séminaire
seminar
relire (qqch)
to read through (sth)also: to read over, to reread, to re-read
recopier
to copy outalso: to write out, to copy up, to transcribe
l'intituléalso: donner un titre à
heading
attributalso: prédicatif, l'adjectif attribut
predicativealso: predicative adjective
le casier
locker
initier (qqn à qqch)also: faire découvrir
to introduce (sb to sth)also: to initiate, to induct
répertorieralso: cataloguer
to cataloguealso: to catalog, to index, to record
le rapporteur
protractor
le marqueur
marker (pen)also: marker pen
le terme (mot)
term (a word)
la définition
definition
progressif (en grammaire)also: progressive
continuous (in grammar)also: progressive
alphabétique
alphabetical
le suffixe
suffix
le diminutif de
short foralso: diminutive of, a short form of
l'étude
study (learning or research)also: research, survey
l'apprentissage
learning
pédagogique
pedagogicalalso: teaching, instructional
éducatifalso: éducative
educational
instruitalso: instruite
educatedalso: well-educated, learned
éduquer (par l'enseignement)also: instruire
to educate (teach)
académique
academic (about studies)
le cursus
course of studyalso: degree course, programme of study, academic path
la bourse (d'études)
scholarshipalso: bursary, student grant
la certification
certification
instruirealso: éduquer
to educate (teach)also: to instruct
l'admission (dans un établissement)
admission (to a school)
certifier
to certify
sensibiliser (qqn à qqch)
to educate (sb about sth)also: to make aware, to raise awareness
la session
session (of an exam or assembly)also: sitting
simuléalso: simulée
simulatedalso: mock, feigned
l'accolade (en typographie)
curly bracket (in typography)also: brace, curly brace
le gamma
gamma (Greek letter)
le diplôméalso: la diplômée
graduatealso: university graduate, degree holder
le campus
campus
le dortoir
dormitory
l'apprenantalso: l'apprenante
learner
l'interprète
interpreter
de première année
first-yearalso: first year
fluide (d'un style)
flowing (of a style)also: fluent, smooth, fluid
accentuer (une syllabe)
to stress (a syllable)also: to put the stress on, to accent
couramment
fluently
le préfixe
prefix
la syllabe
syllable
le lycéenalso: la lycéenne
pupil (at a lycée)also: sixth-form pupil, high school student, secondary school student, schoolboy
l'instituteuralso: l'institutrice, le maître, la maîtresse, le professeur des écoles
primary school teacheralso: primary teacher, schoolteacher
le surveillantalso: la surveillante
supervisor (at school)also: school supervisor, monitor, invigilator
la relecture
proofreadingalso: rereading, reading through
les guillemets
inverted commasalso: quotation marks, quote marks, speech marks
les deux-pointsalso: le deux-points
colon (punctuation)
la parenthèse
bracket (punctuation)also: parenthesis, round bracket, parentheses
le tiret
dash (punctuation)
l'apostrophe
apostrophe
feuilleter (un livre)
to flick through (a book)also: to leaf through, to thumb through, to flip through
la première personne
the first person
la deuxième personnealso: la seconde personne
the second person
la troisième personne
the third person
le trait d'union
hyphen
le point d'exclamation
exclamation markalso: exclamation point
le point-virgule
semicolon
le bal de fin d'annéealso: le bal de promotion
promalso: school dance, end-of-year dance
la haute école
college of higher educationalso: university of applied sciences, higher education college
la barre oblique
slash (punctuation)also: oblique, forward slash
le décrocheuralso: la décrocheuse
dropoutalso: drop-out, school dropout, early school leaver
le compas
compasses (for drawing circles)also: pair of compasses
le directeur adjointalso: la directrice adjointe
deputy head (of a school)also: deputy headteacher, assistant head
le décrochage (scolaire)
dropping out (of school)
cyrillique
Cyrillic
le préau
covered playground
la langue courante
everyday languagealso: ordinary language
le collège unique
comprehensive system (in French schools)also: comprehensive education, comprehensive school
descriptifalso: descriptive
descriptive
transitifalso: transitive
transitive
se construire avec
to take (in grammar)also: to be followed by, to be used with
intransitifalso: intransitive
intransitive
la langue maternellealso: votre langue maternelle
first languagealso: mother tongue, native language, native tongue
l'aisance (dans une langue)
fluencyalso: ease, ease in a language
qui parle couramment
fluent (in a language)also: speaking fluently
prendre le coup de main (pour qqch)
to get the hang of (sth)also: to get the knack of
le subjonctif
subjunctive
le jeu de rôle
role-playalso: role play, roleplay
la kermesse (de l'école)
school fairalso: school fête
l'équerre
set squarealso: set-square
studieuxalso: studieuse
studious
la proposition subordonnée
subordinate clausealso: dependent clause
d'âge scolairealso: en âge scolaire
school-agealso: school age, of school age
la langue des signes
sign language
le collégienalso: la collégienne
pupil (at a collège)also: secondary school pupil, middle school pupil, schoolboy
la garderie
childcare centrealso: day care, daycare, day care centre, playgroup
le professeur particulieralso: la professeure particulière
tutoralso: private tutor, private teacher
l'enseignant d'universitéalso: l'enseignante d'université
lectureralso: university lecturer, university teacher
l'enseignant-chercheuralso: l'enseignante-chercheuse
academic (a person)also: scholar, university teacher and researcher
le nom propre
proper nounalso: proper name
l'accent tonique
word stressalso: tonic accent
faire l'interprète
to interpret (translate speech)also: to act as an interpreter, to translate orally
le polycopié
handoutalso: hand-out, course handout, photocopied notes
la proposition relative
relative clause
le redoublement
repeating a year (at school)
la catégorie grammaticale
part of speechalso: word class
la proposition principale
main clause
le doctorantalso: la doctorante
PhD studentalso: doctoral student, doctoral candidate, PhD candidate
à choix multiple
multiple-choicealso: multiple choice
le correcteuralso: la correctrice
marker (person)also: grader, examiner
l'étudiant en masteralso: l'étudiante en master, l'étudiant en doctorat, l'étudiante en doctorat, l'étudiant de troisième cycle, l'étudiante de troisième cycle
postgraduatealso: postgrad, postgraduate student, master's student
le locuteur natifalso: la locutrice native
native speaker
la résidence universitairealso: la résidence étudiante, la cité universitaire
hall of residencealso: dorm, halls of residence, student residence, student halls
la note de bas de pagealso: la note en bas de page
footnote
le professeur principalalso: la professeure principale
form tutoralso: class teacher, homeroom teacher
le papier quadrillé
graph paperalso: squared paper
le complément d'objet indirect
indirect object
l'ancien élèvealso: l'ancienne élève
former pupilalso: old pupil, alumnus, alumna
les études d'allemand
German studies
la craie
chalk
le maître de conférences
senior lectureralso: associate professor
la gestion des entreprises
business administrationalso: business management
le chef d'établissement
head of a school (official title)also: headmaster, headmistress, principal
le bal de promotionalso: le bal de fin d'année
promalso: graduation ball, school prom
les études de managementalso: les études de gestion
management studies
les majuscules d'imprimerie
block capitalsalso: block letters
obtenir son diplôme
to graduatealso: to get your degree, to get a degree
obtenir une qualification
to qualify (by passing exams)also: to get a qualification, to become qualified
les points de suspension
ellipsisalso: ellipsis points
les études de commerce
business studiesalso: business degree
lire en diagonalealso: survoler, parcourir
to skim (a text)also: to skim through, to skim over, to glance over
la collocation
collocation
l'expression idiomatiquealso: la locution idiomatique
idiomalso: idiomatic expression
mettre en retrait (une ligne)
to indent (a line)
l'assistant pédagogiquealso: l'assistante pédagogique
teaching assistantalso: classroom assistant
le corps enseignant
teaching staffalso: faculty
faire l'école buissonnière
to play truantalso: to skip school, to play hooky, to bunk off school
en présentiel
face to face (not online)also: on site, physically present
l'accent aigu
acute accentalso: acute
l'accent grave
grave accentalso: grave
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