prestigious in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for prestigious in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

prestigious [Brit prɛˈstɪdʒəs, Am prɛˈstidʒəs, prɛˈstɪdʒəs] ADJ

Translations for prestigious in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Show summary of all matches
Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
prestigieux (prestigieuse)
prestigious
aréopage
prestigious assembly
HEC
A prestigious grande école at Jouy-en-Josas, run by the Paris Chambre de commerce et d'industrie. HEC is a business and management school. → Grande école
lustre
prestigious image
donner un lustre à
to give a prestigious image to
rendre ou redonner du lustre à
to restore the prestigious image of
Sciences Po
in Paris is a prestigious third-level institution offering courses in political science which have higher status than a university licence. → Grande école
Garde républicaine
A section of the Gendarmerie nationale, with special ceremonial, security and escort duties in connection with prestigious occasions or institutions.
noble filière, section
prestige attr , prestigious
Concours
Entry into many areas of the public services, including the teaching profession, as well as the most prestigious institutes of higher education, depends on succeeding in a competitive examination or concours. The number of candidates admitted depends on the number of posts or places available in a given year.
Grande école
A prestigious tertiary-level institution where admission is usually by competitive entrance examination or concours. Places are much sought after as they are widely considered to guarantee more promising career prospects than the standard university institutions. Many grandes écoles specialize in particular disciplines or fields of study, e.g. ENA, Sciences Po, etc.

prestigious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prestigious in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for prestigious in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Show summary of all matches

prestigious Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

The grandes écoles are France's prestigious higher education establishments with a tough selection process following a two-year university or preparatory course (classes préparatoires). They include l'Ecole Polytechnique and l'Ecole Centrale, which train engineers, and l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes commerciales (HEC) which teaches management and economics. Graduates usually achieve high positions in business or government.
grandes écoles
prestigious competitive examination for teachers in France
agrég
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
These competitions are among the most prestigious solo events in the piping world.
en.wikipedia.org
They were mostly chosen by lot, with a much smaller (and more prestigious) group of about 100 elected.
en.wikipedia.org
Dawn is selected to be in this prestigious class at the beginning of her senior year.
en.wikipedia.org
For the barra brava to be prestigious, it had to be violent, so they began to increase the number of dead.
en.wikipedia.org
More prestigious journals are more likely to receive and publish more important work.
en.wikipedia.org
It has won several prestigious awards over the years.
en.wikipedia.org
As she was very successful at several contests in piano music and solfeggio, the school awarded her a prestigious kerjanc award in 2003.
en.wikipedia.org
This art and sport program for children ages 8 to 12 is the most prestigious and largest in the world.
en.wikipedia.org
A great example of mid-century modernism, it earned a prestigious national architectural award.
en.wikipedia.org
Publication in a prestigious journal (which accept 10% or fewer of the articles submitted) is an asset in the academic hiring and promotion process.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "prestigious" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular