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At School - À l'école

Learn French vocabulary for the classroom.

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desk un bureau    school une école
student desk un pupitre high school un lycée, un collège
chalkboard un tableau college une université
chalk une craie classroom une salle de classe
map une carte  
  book un livre
teacher un* professeur dictionary un dictionnaire
student (m) un étudiant notebook un cahier
student (f) une étudiante binder un classeur
  paper le papier
pen un stylo piece of paper une feuille de papier
pencil un crayon  
eraser une gomme course un cours
calculator une calculatrice homework des devoirs (m)
backpack un sac à dos test un examen

* The word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman.
 

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