Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grande école

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: grande ecole
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized institution of higher education in France, outside the mainstream framework of the public universities system.

Example Sentences

"But the effort is being met with concerns from the grandes écoles, who fear it could dilute standards, and is stirring anger among the French at large, who fear it runs counter to a French ideal of a meritocracy blind to race, religion and ethnicity."

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Inflected Forms

grandes écoles (plural)

Questions

What does grande école mean?: A specialized institution of higher education in France, outside the mainstream framework of the public universities system.
Where does grande école come from?: Borrowed from French.

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