public school

Signification (Anglais)

1. Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
2. (obsolete) A college or university
3. A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries

Concepts

collège privé

école d’Etat

école

Étymologie (Anglais)

From public (originally, "communal" and contrasted with personal tutors; later, "state-run" and contrasted with private schools) + school.

Phrases

My tax dollars pay for those public school proms .

Mes impôts paient pour ces bals d'école publique.