🇫🇷 French

collège

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le collège

middle school

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collège
/lə kɔlɛʒ/
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How do you say collège in French?

IPA
/lə kɔlɛʒ/

How do you pronounce collège in French?

collège is pronounced /lə kɔlɛʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le collège est fermé aujourd'hui parce que tous les professeurs sont malades.

The school is closed today because all the teachers are sick.

Notre collège public a remporté le prix du meilleur établissement scolaire de la région.

Our public middle school won the award for the best educational establishment in the region.

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Why is it masculine?

Collège is masculine because it derives from the Latin "collegium" (a gathering or association of colleagues), which is a neuter noun that was treated as masculine when adopted into Old French, following the pattern of Latin neuter nouns ending in -ium that became masculine in Romance languages.

What is the French word for middle school?

The French word for middle school is le collège — masculine.

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