Grammatical class

Noun

écolier

(historical) (university) student (especially in the Middle Ages)

Details

Syllables

é-co-lier

Phonetics

e.ko.lje

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

4923

Freq. (movies)

20632

Freq. (news)

26033

Sentences

Je suis écolier.

I'm a schoolboy.

A1

Il profite de sa vie d'écolier.

He is enjoying his school life.

A1

Cet écolier fait honte à tous les autres par son application.

This student put all others to shame by his industriousness.

A1

Aucun écolier ne se plaint jamais d'avoir "mal au lobe frontal de l'hémisphère gauche" !

No student has ever complained of pains in the front lobe of the left side of the brain.

A1

Tout écolier a fait l'école buissonnière à un moment ou un autre.

Every school kid has played hooky at one time or another.

A2

Liberté. Sur mes cahiers d'écolier. Sur mon pupitre et les arbres. Sur le sable de neige. J'écris ton nom.

Freedom. On my school notebooks. On my school desk and the trees. On the sand of the snow. I write your name.

B1

Dès qu’ils eurent disparu, l’écolier sortit de sa cachette.

As soon as they had disappeared, the schoolboy came out of his hiding place.

B2

Il était clair que ce fainéant d'écolier ne satisferait jamais les attentes de sa famille.

It was clear that the lazy student would never live up to his family's expectations.

B2