FRANÇAISTraduction de académie
académie
[akademi]nom féminin
- [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)
- [école] academyacadémie de danse/musique academy of dance/music
- [salle] académie de billard billiard hall
- art nude
- (familier) [corps] body, figure
- administration & éducation ≃ local education authority (UK), ≃ school district (US)
| L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE |
| Originally 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. |
