lycee

/liˈseɪ/

Other forms: lycees

A lycee is a high school, particularly one where French is spoken. Before you enroll at the Sorbonne, you need to graduate from your lycee!

In France, the lycee (or in French, lycée) is the final part of a student's secondary, pre-college education. Generally this means grades 9 through 12, or the equivalent of high school in the U.S. If you attend an American lycee, it is usually a French immersion school, or one that mixes the use of English and French. Lycee derives from the Greek lykeion, an ancient Athenian grove where Aristotle taught.

Definitions of lycee

1. noun

   a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
   synonyms: Gymnasium, lyceum, middle school, secondary school

   types:

   academy

   a secondary school (usually private)

   trade school, vocational school

   a secondary school teaching the skilled trades

   high, high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school

   a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

   junior high, junior high school

   a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades

   prep school, preparatory school

   a private secondary school

   public school

   private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition

   grammar school

   a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college

   secondary modern school

   a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education

   composite school, comprehensive school

   a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities

   choir school, schola cantorum

   a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education

   Eton College

   a public school for boys founded in 1440; located in Berkshire

   Winchester College

   the oldest English public school; located in Winchester

   type of:

   school

   an educational institution