Studies
philo
AbbreviationStandardB1Meaning
philosophie
Philosophy as a school subject, the one of the final year and of the bac paper the whole country talks about in June: « le sujet de philo ».
How it is said
philo
Gender and article
la philo · feminine
Where you meet it
A timetable, the TV news in June, a conversation between pupils.
Example
Bac 2026 : les sujets de philo tombent ce matin à 8 h.
Bac 2026: the philosophy (philo) topics are released this morning at 8 am.
In the DELF
listening B1 · reading B1
Watch out
Feminine: la philo. Almost every subject is clipped this way: maths, géo, éco, bio.