What is the difference between étudiant and élève?
Élève is a broad word, it can mean one that is in middle school, high school or college, or one that learns in a private or public school in general. Étudiant is more specific, it is used to describe one that is in college. Étudiant is also a status as of a worker, or retiree.
| singulier | pluriel | |
|---|---|---|
| masculin | étudiant | étudiants |
| féminin | étudiante | étudiantes |
Word forms: étudiant, étudiante. adjective. student. masculine noun/feminine noun. student.
Summary. The French translation for “a student (female)” is une étudiante.
La première (16 ans) = 11th grade (Year 12 UK).
The best place to start when trying to figure out the gender of a French word is by looking at the ending of the word. Words that use the articles le or un are going to be masculine, and words that use the articles la or une are feminine.
The word for student in French is étudiant when referring to a male student, and étudiante when referring to a female.
urine, urination (childish)
[ˈbəʊzəʊ ] (informal) (= idiot) andouille f (informal)
How do you say I am a student in French female?
I am a student=je suis un étudiant or Je suis étudiant.
late 14c., from Old French estudiant "student, scholar, one who is studying" (Modern French étudiant), noun use of present participle of estudiier, from Medieval Latin studiare "to study," from Latin studium (see study (v.)).
| French Grade | US Grade |
|---|---|
| 17–17.9 | 4 (A+/A) |
| 16–16.9 | 3.7 (A–) |
| 15–15.9 | 3.7 (A–) |
| 14–14.9 | 3.5 (B+) |
There are 6 French levels determined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). These levels are expressed as A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2. The CEFR French levels are widely accepted as the global standard for grading an individual's language proficiency.
- Rule #1: If a noun ends in a vowel, add “s”
- Rule #2: If a noun ends in a consonant, add “es”
- Rule #3: If a noun ends in “z”, change the “z” to “c” and add “es”
Noun. étudiant m (plural étudiants, feminine étudiante) student.
- Adding 's'
- Adding 'es'
- Adding 'ves' for nouns ending with an 'f' or 'fe'
- Adding 'oes' to nouns ending with an 'o'
- Adding 'ies' to words ending with a 'y' preceded by a consonant.
- Adding 's' to words ending with a 'y' preceded by a vowel.
- Changing 'us' to 'i'
- Changing 'is' to 'es'
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This means the adjective is either:
- Masculine singular.
- Feminine singular.
- Masculine plural.
- Feminine plural.
While the English tends to use “they” to reflect the non-binary, in French the most common gender neutral pronoun is “iel” (singular) or “iels” (plural).
How do you say gender neutral in French?
Gender neutral pronouns
The French use “iel” (singular) or “iels” (plural). → “iel” is pronounced like “yell.” → Example sentence: “Iel est magnifique dans cette robe !” (They look stunning in that dress!) → There are other neutral pronouns, including ael, ille, ielle, im, em.
If you are a woman, you would use je suis fatiguée in French and sono stanca in Italian. Vocabulary words are generally given in the masculine form, with the feminine ending in parentheses. (In French, you generally add -e to form the feminine; while in Italian, you change -o to -a).
| Masuline Nouns | English | Feminine Nouns |
|---|---|---|
| un bras | an arm | une bouche |
| un doigt | a finger | une dent |
| un nez | a nose | une jambe |
| un œil | an eye | une main |
Gender in French is etymological. Pizza is feminine because it is in Italian, and also, we “feel” that.
In French, there is no version of what we know as 70. Instead, the French use their number for sixty and ten, soixante and dix, to represent the number 70 as soixante-dix. After that, you get sixty-eleven, sixty-twelve, and so on until you reach 80.
Calling The Waiter “Garçon”
It means boy which sounds quite derogatory in English, but it's not quite as bad as it sounds in French since it originated as a means of calling a waiter “garçon de café".
After the collège students attend the lycée (high school) for the final three years of secondary education. Students then take an examination to receive the baccalauréat (bac) qualification. The baccalauréat is equivalent to the US high school diploma, but differs in that it requires preparatory study.
In most cases, we use oui (yes) and non (no) in French the same way as in English. However, if someone asks you a negative question or makes a negative statement and you want to disagree with it (i.e. answer in the positive) then use si instead of oui.
Le petit coin, le trône – other words for the toilet, common slang.
The Double French Yes
It's common in French to repeat the yes twice: “oui, oui…” Of course this cracks up our English friends, but it's common to double the yes to answer in a casual way in French. It doesn't have a specific meaning: it's just a way to speak and it's not like we say “oui, oui” all the time either.
How is the little boy in French?
little boy → petit, gamin, garçonnet, petit garçon.
To introduce yourself, saying “je suis + name” is correct. For example, “Je suis Marie” (I'm Marie) or “Je suis Pierre” (I'm Pierre).
The word Brittany, along with its French, Breton and Gallo equivalents Bretagne, Breizh and Bertaèyn, derive from the Latin Britannia, which means "land of the Britons". This word had been used by the Romans since the 1st century to refer to Great Britain, and more specifically the Roman province of Britain.
Slang. a fellow, especially a big, strong, stupid fellow. a rude, obnoxious, or annoying person: Two or three bozos tried to cut in ahead of the rest of us in the supermarket line.
: a stupid or foolish person.
The term first appears around 1916, initially meaning a person, fellow or man, but later taking on the senses of someone clumsy or foolish, or somebody oafishly rude or annoying, or a stupid or insignificant person, or “a muscular type with a meagre brain”, as the Dictionary of American Slang describes it.
- Win/When: Silent Ng.
- N'win/Ng'win: One syllable. Ng'win is closest to the correct Vietnamese pronunciation.
- Noo-yen/Ngoo-yen: Two syllables.
- Nuh-goo-yen: Three syllables. Avoid this one due to the incorrect hard G sound.
Je m'en fiche is one of the many French ways to say 'I don't care'. It's not vulgar like its sister expression je m'en fous, just a little colloquial.
235. 235. In France men are addressed as Monsieur and women as Madame or Mademoiselle.
"Madame" (Mme) for a woman. The plural is Mesdames (Mmes). "Mademoiselle" (Mlle) is a traditional alternative for an unmarried woman. The plural is Mesdemoiselles (Mlles).
What is étudiant called in French?
étudiant → student, academic, scholar, undergraduate, alumnus.
- Most nouns that refer to male people and animals are masculine (e.g. homme, père, étudiant, cousin).
Noun. élève m or f by sense (plural élèves) (masculine, referring to a boy) schoolboy, pupil, student. (masculine, referring to a child of unspecified sex) schoolchild, pupil, student. (feminine) schoolgirl, pupil, student.
[etydjɑ̃ ] Word forms: étudiant, étudiante. student. masculine noun/feminine noun. student.
- Most nouns that refer to male people and animals are masculine (e.g. homme, père, étudiant, cousin).
The word école is a feminine noun. If you would like to say 'a school' be sure to use the feminine indefinite article, une: une école.
Translate "élève" from French to English.
ruit (plural ruite) (geometry) The shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram. A glass panel (as) in a window; hence, the whole window.
un poquito - translated from Spanish to English.
bathroom, shower-room.
What do you call a male student in French?
The word for student in French is étudiant when referring to a male student, and étudiante when referring to a female.
The best place to start when trying to figure out the gender of a French word is by looking at the ending of the word. Words that use the articles le or un are going to be masculine, and words that use the articles la or une are feminine.
éclair {masculine} [example]
[ekɔl ] feminine noun. school. aller à l'école to go to school.
My school. Explanation: Mon école is the translation of my school.