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normal school en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of French école normale, so called because the norms of pedagogy are taught there.

Meanings

1. (dated) A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America.
   • In 1685 at Reims he also founded, for the training of his teachers, a school that is often considered the first normal school. 1993, Funk & Wagnalls Corporation, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, volume 15, page 83:
   • He had a sister, who had been sent to America with him at the same time to live with the uncle, who would graduate from normal school this year. 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 122:

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Translations (12)

hu tanárképző/tanítóképző főiskola (school for training teachers) · tl paaralang normal (school for training teachers) · de Normalschule (school for training teachers) · es escuela normal (school for training teachers) · nl normaalschool (school for training teachers) · fr école normale (school for training teachers) · nl kweekschool (school for training teachers) · id institut keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan (school for training teachers) · ja 師範学校 (school for training teachers) · fi normaalikoulu (school for training teachers) · cmn 師範學校 /师范学校 (school for training teachers) · ro școală normală (school for training teachers)