lycée

[ lee-sey ]

/ liˈseɪ /

a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.

Origin of lycée

1860–65; < French < Latin lycēum lyceum

lycopodium, lycoris, lycosid, lycra, lycurgus, lycée, lydda, lyddite, lydgate, lydia, lydian

At the Lycee--or great school--the boys are just coming out.

The Young Franc Tireurs |G. A. Henty
I was eighteen, and I had been for a long time looked upon at the lycee as a sly practical joker.

Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete |Guy de Maupassant
Five first prizes carried off in the five classes of the lycee.

Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete |Guy de Maupassant
Yes, and I had to sell my gilt-edged books from the Lycee Charlemagne in the days of distress.

Serge Panine, Complete |Georges Ohnet

It was there that he recognized one evening his classmate of the Lycee, Arthur Papillon, seated at one of the political tables.

A Romance of Youth, Complete |Francois Coppee

lycée

/ French (lise, English ˈliːseɪ) /

a secondary school

C19: French, from Latin: Lyceum