khâgne

French

Alternative forms

cagne

Etymology

Pseudo-Greek modification of cagneux (“knock-kneed”), c. 1900.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɲ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

khâgne f (plural khâgnes)

(France, university slang) the second year course, preceded by hypokhâgne, of a two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition to the École normale supérieure in Paris

Derived terms

References

Claire Doutriaux (2015 November 16 (last accessed)) “le mot : khâgne”, in Arte‎, archived from the original on 2015-09-24
“khâgne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

“khâgne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
classes préparatoires littéraires on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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