collège/kɔ.lɛʒ/
noun · A2 · Frequency 3155
nounmasculine
Meanings
middle school; lower secondary school
In France, the school stage after primary school and before upper secondary school.
Examples
Ma fille est entrée au collège cette année.
My daughter started middle school this year.
Le collège organise une réunion pour les parents de sixième.
The middle school is organizing a meeting for the parents of sixth-grade students.
Les élèves déjeunent au collège avant de reprendre les cours.
The students have lunch at middle school before resuming classes.
Collocations
- entrer au collègeto enter middle school
Common mistakes
entrer à le collège
entrer au collège
In French, the preposition à contracts with the masculine singular definite article le to form au; therefore, the correct phrase is entrer au collège.
Related words
nounmasculine
Meanings
middle school; lower secondary school
In France, the school stage after primary school and before upper secondary school.
Examples
Les collèges français accueillent généralement les élèves de onze à quinze ans.
French middle schools generally welcome students aged eleven to fifteen.
Les collèges de cette région manquent de professeurs de mathématiques.
The middle schools in this region lack mathematics teachers.
La ville rénove plusieurs collèges pendant les vacances d'été.
The city is renovating several middle schools during the summer holidays.