élève
French edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from élever (“to raise, bring up, elevate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
élève m or f by sense (plural élèves)
- (masculine, referring to a boy) schoolboy, pupil, student
- (masculine, referring to a child of unspecified sex) schoolchild, pupil, student
- (feminine) schoolgirl, pupil, student
Descendants edit
- → Czech: elév
- → Danish: elev
- → Norwegian Bokmål: elev
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: elev
- → Polish: elew
- → Romanian: elev
- → Slovak: elév
- → Swedish: elev
See also edit
Verb edit
élève
- inflection of élever:
Further reading edit
- “élève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “élève” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “élève” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.