enseignement
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, corresponding to enseigner (“to educate; to teach”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enseignement m (plural enseignements)
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with éducation (“upbringing”).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enseignement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Noun edit
enseignement 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