CAPES in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for CAPES in the French»English Dictionary

CAPES [kapɛs]

CAPES N m abbrev → certificat d'aptitude professionnelle à l'enseignement secondaire

CAPES

secondary school teaching qualification

CAPES Info

CAPES

A teaching qualification, awarded by competitive examination or concours, which is normally required to teach in a collège or lycée. Preparation for the CAPES can be course-based at a specialist teacher-training institution (IUFM) or can be prepared for independently by candidates. Those who succeed in gaining the qualification are known as capésiens and are committed to five years of service in a state school. → IUFM

See also IUFM, IUFM

IUFM Info

IUFM

A teacher-training establishment, introduced in 1990, incorporating the role of the former école normale and providing training for concours for teaching qualifications like the CAPES. Each IUFM is attached to a university.

IUFM [iyɛfɛm]

IUFM N m abbrev → institut universitaire de formation des maîtres

IUFM

university teacher-training faculty

capé (capée) [kape] ADJ

capé prêt:

capé (capée)

capped

cape [kap] N f

1. cape FASHION:

cape

cape

cape (très longue)

cape, cloak

cape de berger

shepherd's cloak

film de cape et d'épée

swashbuckler

2. cape (de matador):

cape

cape

rire sous cape

to laugh up one's sleeve

Translations for CAPES in the English»French Dictionary

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capped

capé

cape (for cyclist, fisherman, fashion)

cape f

swashbuckling adventure, tale

de cape et d'épée

bodice-ripper

roman m de cape et d'épée

capuchin

cape f avec capuche

mantle (cloak)

cape f

CAPES in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for CAPES in the French»English Dictionary

cape [kap] N f (vêtement)

cape

cape

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se draper dans une cape

to drape oneself in a cloak

Translations for CAPES in the English»French Dictionary

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cape

cape f

swashbuckling

de cape et d'épée

cloak

grande cape f