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French Language: Vocabulary list - back to school

This month it’s back to school as  Delphine Janin prepares us for La Rentrée...

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Vocabulaire utile

Les bâtiments

L’école maternelle
Kindergarden school

L’école primaire
Primary school

Le collège
High school

Le lycée
Sixth form college

La salle de classe
Classroom

Le gymnase
The gym

La cantine
The canteen

La bibliothèque
The library

L’infirmerie
The medical room

La coopérative
The school shop

Le foyer des élèves
The students’club

En classe

In class

Le tableau
The board

Le bureau
The desk

La chaise
The chair

L’ordinateur
The computer

L’équipement

Un cartable
A satchel

Un sac à dos
A backpack

Une trousse
A pen case

Un crayon de papier
A pencil

Un crayon de couleur
A coloured pencil

Un crayon feutre
A felt pen

Un stylo bille
A biro

Un stylo à plume
A fountain pen

Une règle
A ruler

Un compas
A compass

Une équerre
A set square

Une gomme
A rubber

Un effaceur d’encre
An ink eraser

Des ciseaux
A pair of scissors

Un taille crayon
A pencil sharpener

Un cahier
A notebook

Une feuille
A sheet

Une fiche de travail
A worksheet

Un livre
A book

Un manuel scolaire
A school text book

Un carnet
A notebook

Un classeur
A ring binder

Un agenda
A homework planner, diary

Un carnet de correspondance
A diary used between school and home to communicate student’s homework and progress

Un bulletin scolaire
A school report

Les matières

Le français
French

Les mathématiques
Mathematics

Les sciences
Sciences

La physique
Physics

La chimie
Chemistry

La biologie
Biology

L’histoire
History

La géographie
Geography

Les sciences humaines
Humanities

Le dessin
Art

La technologie
Technology

L’EPS (éducation physique et sportive)
Physical education (PE)

L’éducation civique
Personal and social education

La religion
Religious studies

L’anglais
English

L’espagnol
Spanish

L’allemand
German

L’italien
Italian

Le théâtre
Drama

La musique
Music

Les gens

Le professeur
The teacher (secondary school)

Le professeur des écoles, l’instituteur (institutrice), le maître (la maîtresse)
The primary school teacher

Le directeur / la directrice
The headteacher

Le censeur
The deputy head

Le surveillant
The study monitor

La secrétaire
The secretary

Le concierge
The caretaker


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