Function: noun
Etymology: translation of French école normale; from the fact that the first French school so named was intended to serve as a model
Date: 1838
: a usually 2-year school for training chiefly elementary teachers
Function: noun
Etymology: translation of French école normale; from the fact that the first French school so named was intended to serve as a model
Date: 1838
: a usually 2-year school for training chiefly elementary teachers
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012