classe

See also: classé and clâsse

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkla.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkla.se]

Noun

classe f (plural classes)

1. class; kind

   Synonyms: tipus, mena

2. class; elegance
3. class (a group of students)
4. class; lesson
5. class (a course of study covering a series of related lessons)
6. classroom

   Synonym: aula

7. (taxonomy) class
8. (transport) class
9. (military) class

Derived terms

• classe social
• classejar
• classificar
• classisme
• classista

Related terms

• clàssic

Further reading

• “classe”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “classe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “classe” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “classe” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klas/ ~ /klɑs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Noun

classe f (plural classes)

1. class, type, group
2. (military) class, cohort (all the recruits conscripted in a particular year)
3. (military, in the plural) a period of military training
4. (object-oriented programming) class

Derived terms

• classe abstraite
• classe anonyme
• classe concrète
• classe dérivée
• classe économique
• classe externe
• classe fille
• classe finale
• classe générique
• classe interne
• classe lexicale
• classe locale
• classe membre
• classe mère
• classe moyenne
• classe nominale
• classe ouvrière
• classe sociale
• classe statique
• classe verte
• classe wrapper
• classement
• classer
• classeur
• classification
• délégué de classe
• deuxième classe
• faire la classe
• faire ses classes
• journal de classe
• lutte des classes
• première classe
• rentrée des classes
• salle de classe
• sous-classe
• super-classe
• superclasse
• troisième classe
• variable de classe

Descendants

• → Bavarian: Klass
• → Bulgarian: клас (klas) (or from Russian класс (klass))
• → Dutch: klasse, klas (see there for further descendants)
• → English: class
  • → Assamese: ক্লাছ (klas)
  • → Bengali: ক্লাস (klaś), কেলাস (kelaś) — nonstandard
  • → Gulf Arabic: كلاس (klās) (or from French classe)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क्लास (klās)

    Urdu: کلاس

  • → Japanese: クラス (kurasu)
  • → Korean: 클래스 (keullaeseu)
  • → Nepali: क्लास (klās)
  • → Scottish Gaelic: clas
  • → Thai: คลาส (kláas)
  • → Yoruba: kíláàsì
• → Franco-Provençal: cllâsse
• → German: Klasse (see there for further descendants)
• → Gulf Arabic: كلاس (klās) (or from English class)
• → Hunsrik: Klass
• → Latvian: klase
• → Luxembourgish: Klass
• → Persian: کلاس (kelâs)
• → Romanian: clasă
• → Swedish: klass
• → Turkish: klas
• → Vilamovian: klass

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

classe (plural classes)

1. class, category

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklas.se/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asse
• Hyphenation: clàs‧se

Noun

classe f (plural classi)

1. (computing, mathematics, semantics, taxonomy) class (all senses)
2. classroom
3. style
4. grade

Derived terms

• classare
• classificare
• classismo
• classista
• fuoriclasse

Related terms

• classico

Further reading

• classe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

classe

1. ablative singular of classis

Piedmontese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklase/
• Rhymes: -ase

Noun

classe f

1. class

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: clas‧se

Noun

classe f (plural classes)

1. class, kind (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes)

   Synonyms: categoria, grupo, divisão, classificação

2. class; elegance

   Synonym: elegância

3. class (a group of students)
4. class; lesson

   Synonym: aula

5. classroom

   Synonym: sala de aula

6. (taxonomy) class

Derived terms

• classe gramatical

Related terms

• classificar, classificação, classificado, classificador
• classista, clássico

Walloon

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klas/

Noun

classe f (plural classes)

1. (taxonomy) class