Émile

American  

[ey-meel] / eɪˈmil /

noun

1. a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.

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Émile Cultural  

1. A work on education by Jean Jacques Rousseau, describing how a fictional boy, Émile, should be brought up. The book had an enormous influence on education during the age of romanticism and afterward.

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Émile

Gallium was discovered in 1875 by French chemist Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

A loose 1878 crayon and ink-wash study for an illustration for Émile Zola’s “L’Assommoir” becomes a firmer, more detailed pen, ink and chalk version, made even more solid in the final reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

She’s about to be transferred to another facility in the south, where Émile and François are going to move.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

The shared purpose Johnson was hitting on, that joie de vivre that served as the basis for David Émile Durkheim’s theory of religion, was coined by the sociologist in the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman