athénée
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Athenaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon), from Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
athénée m (plural athénées)
- (Belgium, Luxembourg, Louisiana) a type of high school; atheneum
Usage notes[edit]
This noun is often erroneously labelled as feminine.
Further reading[edit]
- “athénée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.