Studies
bac
AbbreviationStandardA2Meaning
baccalauréat
The exam that ends secondary school and opens university. Nobody says baccalauréat any more: « passer le bac », « avoir le bac », « bac + 3 » for a degree three years on.
How it is said
bac
Gender and article
le bac · masculine
Where you meet it
A job advert (« niveau bac »), a CV, the TV news in June.
Example
Poste ouvert aux candidats de niveau bac + 2 minimum.
Position open to candidates with at least two years of post-bac study (bac + 2).
In the DELF
reading A2 · listening B1
Watch out
Masculine: le bac. Lowercase, because it is a clipped word and not an acronym; « BAC » in capitals is a police unit.
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