classe

French

noun
Definitions
  • class, type, group.
  • (military) "Une classe de conscrits" refers to all the recruits conscripted in a particular year, similar to the idea of a cohort. In the plural, "classes" refers to a period of military training.
  • (object-oriented programming) class.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin classis (fleet, the whole body of citizens called to arms, later a class division in general, army, assembly of people, a class division of the people, class, armed forces, section).

Origin

Latin

classis

Gloss

fleet, the whole body of citizens called to arms, later a class division in general, army, assembly of people, a class division of the people, class, armed forces, section

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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