décrochage

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ/

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Noun

décrochage m (plural décrochages)

1. (aeronautics) stall, loss of lift
2. (Quebec) the action of dropping out of school prematurely

Usage notes

• The sense dropping out is used mostly of dropouts who give up school at the secondary or CEGEP level without acquiring a professional or higher education.

Further reading

• “décrochage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.