| Education School Vocabulary |
| Noms |
| école publique | state school |
| école privée | private school |
| lycée privé | public school (GB) |
| école maternelle | nursery school |
| école primaire | primary school |
| collège / lycée | secondary school |
| lycée | high school (US) |
| collège | junior high school (US) |
| université | university |
| faculté | college |
| 1er / 2ème / 3ème trimestre | Christmas / Easter / Summer term |
| 6è /5è / 4è / 3è / 2nde | 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th / 5th |
| première | lower 6th |
| terminale | upper 6th |
| étudiant de 1ère année | freshman |
| étudiant de 2ème année | sophomore |
| aptitudes | abilities |
| assistante sociale | social worker |
| bibliothèque | library |
| bourse (raisons sociales) | grant |
| bourse (au mérite) | scholarship |
| bureau | desk |
| cahier | exercise book |
| calculatrice | calculator |
| cancre | dunce |
| cartable | schoolbag |
| chef d'établissement | head (master/ mistress) |
| classe (salle) | classroom |
| classe (élèves) | class |
| classe (niveau) | form |
| compétence | skill |
| cour de récréation | playground |
| cours | course |
| crayon à papier | pencil |
| délégué de classe | class representative |
| dictionnaire | dictionary |
| diplôme | diploma / certificate |
| diplôme universitaire | degree |
| diplômé / non diplômé | graduate / undergraduate |
| discipline / indiscipline | discipline / indiscipline |
| échec scolaire | academic failure |
| écolier | schoolboy |
| égalité des chances | equality of opportunity |
| élève | pupil |
| emploi du temps | timetable |
| enseignant | teacher |
| érudit / savant / spécialiste | scholar |
| étudiant | student |
| examen oral / écrit | oral / written exam |
| examen / épreuve | test / paper |
| examen blanc | mock exam |
| formation professionnelle | vocational training |
| gomme | rubber (GB) ; eraser (US) |
| grammaire | grammar |
| infirmerie | sick room / sick bay |
| internat | boarding school |
| interne | boarder |
| leçon | lesson |
| magnétophone | tape recorder |
| manuel | textbook |
| matière | subject |
| notions de base | basics |
| orientation | careers guidance (UK); counseling (US) |
| orthographe | spelling |
| programme (études) | curriculum |
| programme (cours) | syllabus |
| récréation / pause | break |
| réfectoire | dining hall |
| règle | ruler |
| surligneur | highlighter |
| tableau (noir) | (black)board |
| taille-crayon | pencil sharpener |
| terrain de sport | sports ground |
| un uniforme | a uniform |
| un universitaire | an academic |
| Adjectifs |
| bavard | talkative |
| brillant | bright |
| bruyant | noisy |
| calme | quiet |
| cultivé | cultivated / cultured |
| doué | gifted |
| instruit | educated |
| lent | slow |
| paresseux | lazy |
| travailleur | hard-working |
| Verbes et expressions |
| aller à l'école | to attend school |
| améliorer / faire des progrès | to improve |
| apprendre | to learn |
| comprendre | to understand |
| compter | to count |
| échouer | to fail |
| écrire | to write |
| éduquer | to educate |
| enseigner | to teach |
| étudier | to study |
| expliquer | to explain |
| obtenir un diplôme | to graduate |
| passer un examen | to sit (take) an exam |
| punir | punish |
| récompenser | to reward |
| répéter | to repeat |
| réussir | to succeed |
| réussir un examen | to pass an exam |
| savoir | to know |
| traduire | to translate |