enseignement
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French, corresponding to enseigner (“to educate; to teach”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editenseignement m (plural enseignements)
Usage notes
edit- Not to be confused with éducation (“upbringing”).
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “enseignement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editNoun
editenseignement oblique singular, m (oblique plural enseignemenz or enseignementz, nominative singular enseignemenz or enseignementz, nominative plural enseignement)
- education
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
- [Elle] valt mielz de vus, dame reïne
de cors, de vis e de bealté,
d'enseignement e de bunté.- [She] is worth more than you, Your Majesty
in body, in her face, in beauty
in education and in goodness.
- [She] is worth more than you, Your Majesty
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