normalien

French

Etymology

From normal (“(école) normale”) +‎ -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʁ.ma.ljɛ̃/

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Noun

normalien m (plural normaliens, feminine normalienne)

1. (historical) student at a teacher training college
2. a student or graduate of the École normale supérieure

See also

• énarque
• X or polytechnicien
• centralien

Further reading

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