Académie française in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

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 Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

l'Académie française

the Académie française

il a été reçu à l'Académie française

he was admitted to the Académie française

la réception d'un écrivain à l'Académie française

the induction of a writer into the Académie française

élire qn à la présidence/au poste de trésorier/à l'Académie française

to elect sb to the presidency/to the position of treasurer/to the French Academy

Translations for Académie française in the English»French Dictionary

French Academy

Académie f française

Translations for Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

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.

I.français (française) [fʀɑ̃sɛ, ɛz] ADJ

français (française)

French

à la française modernisme, libéralisme

French-style attr

II.français N m

français m LING:

français

French

Français (Française) [fʀɑ̃sɛ, ɛz] N m (f)

Français (Française)

Frenchman/Frenchwoman

le Français moyen (gén)

the average Frenchman

le Français moyen pej

the typical Frenchman

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 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 in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

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.

l'Académie française

the French Academy

Translations for Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

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.

Français(e) [fʀɑ̃sɛ, ɛz] N m(f)

Français(e)

Frenchman(Frenchwoman) m (f)

les Français

the French

français(e) [fʀɑ̃sɛ, ɛz] ADJ

français(e)

French

française [fʀɑ̃sɛz] N f

à la française

in the French style

français [fʀɑ̃sɛ] N m

1. français:

le français

French

le français familier/standard

everyday/standard French

parler (le)français

to speak French

écrire en français

to write in French

traduire en français

to translate into French

2. français THEAT:

le Français

the Comédie française

Phrases:

en bon français iron hum

in language anyone could understand

tu ne comprends pas/vous ne comprenez pas le français? inf

don't you understand plain English?

je parle (le) français pourtant

I'm not speaking Chinese, am I?

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 française Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

Translations for Académie française in the French»English Dictionary

Français m

Français de souche

French person of French origin