lycée

[ lee-sey ]

noun

, plural ly·cées [lee-, seyz, lee-, sey].

1. a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.

lycée

/ lise; ˈliːseɪ /

noun

1. a secondary school

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycée¹

1860–65; < French < Latin lycēum lyceum

Word History and Origins

Origin of lycée¹

C19: French, from Latin: Lyceum

Example Sentences

They came on annual camping trips to France and sent him to the French lycee in London.

From BBC

Elkann, whose French is better than his Italian, spent seven years at a lycee in France before studying engineering at Politecnico, the Engineering University of Turin.

From Reuters

Elkann, whose French is better than his Italian, spent seven years at a lycee in France before studying Engineering at Politecnico, the Engineering University of Turin.

From Reuters

The 15-year-olds who don’t go to a professional school to learn a trade instead attend a general high school, or lycee, where they select between pursuing studies in literature, sciences or economics.

From Los Angeles Times

For Maxim Urazaev, who graduated from a Turkish lycee in the Russian city of Kazan in 2009 the experience was "tougher than being in the army".

From BBC