Grammatical class

Noun

doyen

(religion, education) dean

Details

Syllables

doyen

Phonetics

dwa.jɛ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

7917

Freq. (movies)

8758

Freq. (news)

11939

Sentences

Tu es le doyen.

You're the oldest.

A1

Incroyable, l'un des étudiants s'est levé et a montré ses fesses au doyen en plein milieu de son discours.

Incredibly, one of the students stood up and mooned the dean right in the middle of his speech.

A1

Le doyen a serré la main de chacun des étudiants diplômés.

The dean shook hands with each of the graduating students.

B1