hypokhâgne
French, noun/i.pɔ.kaɲ/
hypokhâgne is a French feminine noun meaning “the first year course, followed by khâgne, of the two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première année d’un cycle de deux ou trois ans de classe préparatoire littéraire qui conduit notamment aux…”.
What does hypokhâgne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe first year course, followed by khâgne, of the two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition of the École normale supérieure in Paris
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Première année d’un cycle de deux ou trois ans de classe préparatoire littéraire qui conduit notamment aux concours des Écoles normales supérieures.
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 hypokhâgne
- hypokhâgnes plural
- hypocagne alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hypokhâgne?
- /i.pɔ.kaɲ/
- \i.pɔ.kaɲ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hypokhâgne in French?
hypokhâgne appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).