- académie
- académie [akademi]feminine nouna. ( = société savante) learned society• l'Académie (française) the Académie françaiseb. ( = école) academyc. ( = circonscription) regional education authority━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ACADÉMIEFor educational administration purposes, France is divided into areas known as académies, each administered by a « recteur d'académie ». Allocation of teaching posts is centralized, so that newly qualified teachers often begin their careers in académies other than the one in which they originally lived.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISEFounded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634, this prestigious learned society has forty elected life members, commonly known as « les Immortels ». They meet in a building on the quai Conti in Paris. The building's ornate dome has given rise to the expression « être reçu sous la coupole », meaning to be admitted as a member of the Académie française. The Académie arbitrates on correct usage.* * *akademinom féminin1) (école) school
académie de peinture or de dessin — art academy
2) École, Université ≈ local education authority GB, school district US* * *akademi nf1) (= société) learned societyl'Académie (française) — the French Academy
2) (= école) [art, danse] academy3) ART (= nu) nude4) ÉDUCATION (= circonscription) regional education authority* * *académie nf1 (école) (de billard, danse) school; (de police) academy; académie de peinture or de dessin art academy;2 Admin ≈ local education authority GB, school district US;3 Art (figure) nude;4 (groupe de personnes) society.[akademi] nom féminin1. [société savante] learned society, academyl'Académie des sciences the Academy of Sciencel'Académie française the French Academy, the Académie Française (learned society of leading men and women of letters)2. [école] academyacadémie de danse/musique academy of dance/music3. [salle]académie de billard billiard hall4. ART nude5. (familier) [corps] body, figure6. ADMINISTRATION & ÉDUCATION ≃ local education authority (UK), ≃ school district (US)L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISEOriginally a group of men of letters who were encouraged by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 to become an official body. L'académie française consists of forty distinguished writers known as les Quarante or les Immortels. Its chief task is to produce a definitive dictionary and to be the ultimate authority in matters concerning the French language.
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.