éducation

Definitions of éducation
  1. noun
    properties acquired during a person's formative years
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    bien héréditaire, héritage, legs, patrimoine
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  2. noun
    the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
  3. noun
    the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
  4. noun
    knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
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    éducation physique
    training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene
    expérience
    the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
    érudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
    éclaircissement
    education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
    familiarisation
    the experience of becoming familiar with something
    connaissance de la forêt
    skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
    instruction
    uplifting enlightenment
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    contenu, objet mental
    the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  5. noun
    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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    collectivisation, nationalisation
    the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
  6. noun
    the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
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    autodidaxie
    the process of educating yourself
    école
    the process of being formally educated at a school
    enseignement spécial
    education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom
    enseignement professionnel, formation professionnelle
    training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
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    acquisition, apprentissage
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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