lycée

[ lee-sey ]

noun

, plural ly·cées [lee-, seyz, lee-, sey].

1. a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.

lycée

/ ˈliːseɪ; lise /

noun

1. a secondary school

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycée¹

1860–65; < French < Latin lycēum lyceum

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycée¹

C19: French, from Latin: Lyceum

Example Sentences

Instead, she is left with the option to go to vocational school, or what is referred to as lycée professionnel in France.

From The Daily Beast

You could practically feel the desert sands blowing inside Paris's vast Lycée venue.

From The Daily Beast

Raised in Europe, primarily in London, Buck attended the Lycée Français.

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He received his formal education at the Lycée Condorcet (a school attended before him by Cocteau, Proust, and Valéry).

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On the night of the 12th to the 13th they surprised the Lycée of Vanves, and on the 13th they attacked the seminary of Issy.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet not an usher but is appointed, like all others engaged in the lycée, by the minister.

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On Sundays attendance at mass and at vespers in the chapel of the lycée is compulsory for pupils of the Roman Catholic faith.

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In my days girls went neither to the Lycée nor to have gymnastic lessons, and they were none the less straight.

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For two years you were a boarder at the Lycée Maintenon, and we saw nothing of you but your letters.

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