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préscolaire

French, adjective\pʁe.skɔ.lɛʁ\

préscolaire is spelled P-R-É-S-C-O-L-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préscolaire is a French adjective meaning “preschool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne la maternelle, l’éducation des enfants avant l’école primaire”.

What does préscolaire mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    preschool

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui concerne la maternelle, l’éducation des enfants avant l’école primaire.

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 préscolaire

  • préscolaires plural
  • pré-scolaire

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce préscolaire?

  • \pʁe.skɔ.lɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to préscolaire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is préscolaire in French?

préscolaire appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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