Meanings
plural normal schools
- datedA school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America.
In 1685 at Reims he also founded, for the training of his teachers, a school that is often considered the first normal school.
1993, Funk & Wagnalls Corporation, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, volume 15, page 831 more example
He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 122
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchécole normale
- Englishnormal school
Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 師範學校 /师范学校
- 師範學校 /师范学校 (shīfàn xuéxiào)school for training teachers
Dutch normaalschool, kweekschool
- normaalschoolschool for training teachers
- kweekschoolschool for training teachers
Finnish normaalikoulu
- normaalikouluschool for training teachers
French école normale
- école normaleschool for training teachers
German Normalschule
- Normalschuleschool for training teachers
Hungarian tanárképző/tanítóképző főiskola
- tanárképző/tanítóképző főiskolaschool for training teachers
Indonesian institut keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan
- institut keguruan dan ilmu pendidikanschool for training teachers
Japanese 師範学校
- 師範学校school for training teachers
Romanian școală normală
- școală normalăschool for training teachers
Spanish escuela normal
- escuela normalschool for training teachers
Tagalog paaralang normal
- paaralang normalschool for training teachers
Cite this entry
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