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French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
écolier m (plural écoliers, feminine écolière)
- (historical) (university) student (especially in the Middle Ages)
- schoolboy
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