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FRENCH ACADEMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does French Academy mean?
• FRENCH ACADEMY (noun)
The noun FRENCH ACADEMY has 1 sense:
1. an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government
Familiarity information: FRENCH ACADEMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language
Hypernyms ("French Academy" is a kind of...):
academy; honorary society (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)
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