haute école

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Etymology

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Feminine of haut (high) + école (school) (from Latin schola); perfectly parallel to Dutch hogeschool; compare high school.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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haute école f (plural hautes écoles)

  1. (France) Very academic, high-level, equitation style school of higher education
  2. (Belgium) a school of higher education, academic but not ranked as a university
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