Lyzeum

Meaning

1. (archaic, neuter, strong) grammar school for girls
2. (neuter, obsolete, strong) grammar school (for boys or in general)
3. (neuter, obsolete, strong) an honorific byname for a university
4. (Bavaria, archaic, neuter, strong) a type of theological and philosophical institutes (existing under this name until 1923)

Concepts

lyceum

grammar school

lycée

college

lycee

Lyceum

high school

Synonyms

französische Oberschule

Mädchengymnasium

Translations

liceo

lycée

liceu

λύκειο

ثانوية

lyceum

lyceum

instituto de bachillerato

liceo

preparatoria

secundaria

lycée

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lyˈtseː.ʊm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: Lycēum

In summary

From Latin Lycēum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). The use for a girls’ school may have been partly due to an inhibition to using the word Gymnasium with girls because of the underlying Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).