écolier

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

• IPA^(key): /e.kɔ.lje/

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Noun

écolier m (plural écoliers, feminine écolière)

1. (historical) (university) student (especially in the Middle Ages)
2. schoolboy

Derived terms

• chemin des écoliers

Related terms

• école

Further reading

• “écolier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.