academies in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for academies in the French»English Dictionary

académie [akademi] N f

1. académie (école):

académie (de billard, danse)

school

académie (de police)

academy

académie de peinture ou de dessin

art academy

2. académie ADMIN:

académie

≈ local education authority Brit

académie

≈ school district Am

3. académie ART (figure):

académie

nude

4. académie (groupe de personnes):

académie

society

See also Académie, Académie

Académie [akademi]

Académie N f:

l'Académie française

the Académie française

Académie Info

Académie

A geographical administrative division of the state education system, encompassing all levels of the service, headed by a recteur and served by inspecteurs.

Académie [akademi]

Académie N f:

l'Académie française

the Académie française

See also Académie française

Académie française Info

Académie française

A scholarly body composed of 40 life members selected on the basis of their contribution to scholarship or literature. It is primarily known nowadays for its role in monitoring developments in the French language and for its rulings on French usage which are encoded in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française but which are not always taken seriously by the public at large.

Académie Info

Académie

A geographical administrative division of the state education system, encompassing all levels of the service, headed by a recteur and served by inspecteurs.

Académie française Info

Académie française

A scholarly body composed of 40 life members selected on the basis of their contribution to scholarship or literature. It is primarily known nowadays for its role in monitoring developments in the French language and for its rulings on French usage which are encoded in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française but which are not always taken seriously by the public at large.

Translations for academies in the English»French Dictionary

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chief education officer

≈ recteur/-trice m/f d'académie

NAS

académie f des sciences

West Point

West Point m (académie militaire américaine)

academy of art

académie f d'art

academy

académie f (of de)

inspectorate (secondary)

≈ académie f

college (of doctors, surgeons)

académie f

academies in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for academies in the French»English Dictionary

académie [akademi] N f

1. académie (société savante):

académie

academy

2. académie (école):

académie de danse

dance academy

3. académie SCHOOL, UNIV:

académie

≈ local (education) authority

Académie [akademi] N f

Académie

academy

l'Académie française

the French Academy

l'Académie française

The Académie française acts as a formal authority on the French language. The 40 life members debate questions of acceptability and award prizes for work in French literature.

academies Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

académie de danse

dance academy