CES
French, noun
CES is spelled C-E-S (3 letters) and appears 1,349 times per million words in written French, the 77th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). CES is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of certificat d’études secondaires: ≈ GED (high-school diploma), GCSE” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ces is a different word: “masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those”. On this page, cés is a different word: “plural of cé”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Certificat d’études secondaires”.
What does CES mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecmasculineinitialism of certificat d’études secondaires: ≈ GED (high-school diploma), GCSE
- 2
masculineinitialism of collège d’enseignement secondaire (“junior high school, secondary school”)
determiner
- 1
femininemasculinemasculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those
noun
- 1
masculineplural of cé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom du do bémol dans la nomenclature musicale allemande.
noun: 1. Certificat d’études secondaires. 2. Collège d’enseignement secondaire. 3. Contrat Emploi Solidarité. 4. Sigle de chef d'escadron.
noun: 1. Certificat d’études secondaires.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of CES
- CÉS
- CES
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is CES in French?
CES appears 1,349 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).