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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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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
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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
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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

in the PONS Dictionary

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CAPES [kapɛs] N m

CAPES abbreviation of certificat d'aptitude au professorat de l'enseignement secondaire

CAPES
secondary school teaching certificate
CAPES
The CAPES is a state exam. Teachers with a CAPES can teach in a secondary school ("collège"). They are continuously assessed and must teach 18 hours a week. The test follows a year as a student teacher.

cape [kap] N f

cape (vêtement):

cape
cape

Phrases:

rire sous cape
to laugh up one's sleeve
se draper dans une cape
to drape oneself in a cloak
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French
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cape
cape f
swashbuckling
de cape et d'épée
cloak
grande cape f
mantle hist
cape f
in the PONS Dictionary
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cape [kap] N f (vêtement)

cape
cape
se draper dans une cape
to drape oneself in a cloak
English
English
French
French
cape
cape f
swashbuckling
de cape et d'épée
cloak
grande cape f