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exam

AbbreviationInformalB1

Meaning

examen

The exam, clipped the way students say it: « j'ai un exam demain », « la semaine des exams ». The full word is on the summons.

How it is said

exam

Gender and article

un exam · masculine

Where you meet it

A message between students, a conversation.

Example

Désolé, pas de ciné ce soir, j'ai un exam demain à 8 h.

Sorry, no cinema tonight, I've got an exam tomorrow at 8.

In the DELF

listening B1

Watch out

Informal: in an exam, write « examen ». The plural takes an s: des exams.

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