école

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See also: êcole

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French eschole, from Old French escole, an early borrowing or semi-learned word taken from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kɔl/
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Noun

école f (plural écoles)

  1. school

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: lekòl
  • Bambara: ekɔli, lakɔli
  • Moore: lekolle
  • Turkish: ekol

Further reading

Spanish

Interjection

¡école!

  1. (colloquial) exactly!