lycée

noun

A public secondary school in France.

Meanings

nounlycée (plural lycées)

plural lycées

Origin

  1. Frenchlycée
  2. Englishlycée

From French lycée. Doublet of lyceum.

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Translations

Arabic لِيسِيه, مَدْرَسَةٌ ثَانَوِيَّة
  • لِيسِيه (līsēh)a public secondary school in France
  • مَدْرَسَةٌ ثَانَوِيَّة (madrasatun ṯānawiyya)a public secondary school in France
Bulgarian лице́й
  • лице́й (licéj)a public secondary school in France
Catalan liceu
  • liceua public secondary school in France
Chinese Mandarin 中學 /中学
  • 中學 /中学 (zhōngxué)a public secondary school in France
Czech lyceum
  • lyceuma public secondary school in France
Danish lyceum
  • lyceuma public secondary school in France
Dutch lyceum
  • lyceuma public secondary school in France
Esperanto liceo
  • liceoa public secondary school in France
Estonian lütseum
  • lütseuma public secondary school in France
Finnish lyseo
  • lyseoa public secondary school in France
French lycée
  • lycéea public secondary school in France
German Lyzeum
  • Lyzeuma public secondary school in France
Greek λύκειο
  • λύκειο (lýkeio)a public secondary school in France
Hungarian líceum
  • líceuma public secondary school in France
Indonesian sekolah menengah
  • sekolah menengaha public secondary school in France
Italian liceo
  • liceoa public secondary school in France
Japanese 高等学校, 中学校
  • 高等学校 (kōtōgakkō)a public secondary school in France
  • 中学校 (chūgakkō)a public secondary school in France
Korean 고등학교
  • 고등학교 (godeunghakgyo)a public secondary school in France
Latvian licejs
  • licejsa public secondary school in France
Lithuanian licėjus
  • licėjusa public secondary school in France
Norwegian Bokmål lyceum
  • lyceuma public secondary school in France
Polish liceum
  • liceuma public secondary school in France
Portuguese liceu
  • liceua public secondary school in France
Romanian liceu
  • liceua public secondary school in France
Russian лице́й
  • лице́й (licéj)a public secondary school in France
Slovak lýceum
  • lýceuma public secondary school in France
Spanish liceo
  • liceoa public secondary school in France
Turkish lise
  • lisea public secondary school in France
Ukrainian ліце́й
  • ліце́й (licéj)a public secondary school in France
Vietnamese trường trung học, lyxê
  • trường trung họca public secondary school in France
  • lyxêa public secondary school in France
Cite this entry
APA

lycée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyc%C3%A9e

MLA

“lycée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyc%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lycée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyc%C3%A9e.

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