athénée
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Athenaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon), from Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editathénée m (plural athénées)
- (Belgium, Luxembourg, Louisiana) a type of high school; atheneum
Usage notes
editThis noun is often erroneously labelled as feminine.
Further reading
edit- “athénée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.