Question 1

Where does the French word "Académie" come from?

Accepted Answer

from the ancient Greek ἀκαδημία, from the name of Academus, a citizen of Athens. A public promenade located on the banks of the Cephisus, six stadia from Athens, on the road to Teia. Academus, a famous hero, had donated it to his homeland on the condition that a gymnasium be built there. Plato, who owned a small temple of the Muses nearby, opened a school of philosophy there which took the name Academy.

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "Académie"?

Accepted Answer

School of philosophy founded by Plato.
The French Academy, and by extension, the four other academies, which form the Institute of France, namely: the Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
Also refers to the Russian Academy of Sciences, whose functioning and purpose are the same as those of the French Academy of Sciences.

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