Polyglot Dictionary

élève

/e.lɛv/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les élèves

Meaning

  1. pupil, student

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

étudiant

Élève is a school-age pupil, from primary school through lycée. Étudiant specifically means a university student — a very common distinction French draws that English "student" doesn't.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

alumno

alumno is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pupil, student."

Portuguese

aluno

aluno is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pupil, student."

Practice

1 What does élève mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'___ lève la main pour répondre.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches élève?

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