lycée

[ lee-sey ]

noun

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

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

lycée

/ lise; ˈliːseɪ /

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

I was eighteen, and I had been for a long time looked upon at the lycee as a sly practical joker.

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This beautiful work, however, was "to be transmitted to Warren Pershing from his comrades of the Lycee."

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It was there that he recognized one evening his classmate of the Lycee, Arthur Papillon, seated at one of the political tables.

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Pupil at the Lycee Louis le Grand, he received many prizes, and was entered for the law.

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Yes, and I had to sell my gilt-edged books from the Lycee Charlemagne in the days of distress.

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