seminary

séminaire

École où l’on étudie la religion et se prépare à devenir responsable religieux.

En anglais simple : A school where people study religion and train to become religious leaders.

• He studied at a seminary.
• The seminary trains future priests.
• She entered a seminary to become a rabbi.

Synonymes : theological college

Expressions courantes : attend a seminary, a theological seminary, enter a seminary

cours de séminaire

Cours de religion destiné aux jeunes de quatorze à dix-huit ans, suivi en plus de leurs cours scolaires habituels.

En anglais simple : A religion class for teenagers aged fourteen to eighteen, taken alongside their usual school lessons.

• We attend seminary before school.
• Her seminary class studies the Bible.
• The seminary teacher welcomed the new teenagers.

Expressions courantes : attend seminary, a seminary class, a seminary teacher

pensionnat de jeunes filles

École privée où les filles vivent pendant leurs études.

En anglais simple : A private school where girls live while they study.

• Her parents sent her to a seminary.
• The seminary taught girls music and French.
• She attended a private seminary in her youth.

Synonymes : girls boarding school

Expressions courantes : a girls seminary, a private seminary

pépinière

Terrain où les graines deviennent de jeunes plantes avant d’être transplantées ailleurs.

En anglais simple : An area of ground where seeds grow into young plants before being moved elsewhere.

• The gardener prepared a seminary.
• Young trees grew in the seminary.
• They moved the seedlings from the seminary into larger beds.

Synonymes : seedbed, nursery

Expressions courantes : a garden seminary, a seminary of seedlings

séminal

Qui concerne les graines ou leur production.

En anglais simple : Connected with seeds or their production.

• The notes describe seminary growth.
• The botanist examined the plant’s seminary tissue.
• This old text discusses seminary development.

Synonymes : seminal

Expressions courantes : seminary growth, seminary tissue