Sorbonne
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- proper noun
- /sɔrˈbɒn/
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Sorbona
- Thac had spent time in Paris as a student at the Sorbonne.
- Sorbonne in Paris
- Sorbonne University
- Sorbonne professor
And she, I thought this was insane, that this was a, an established, prestigious philosopher from the Sorbonne who still had nothing.
- And she, I thought this was insane, that this was a, an established, prestigious philosopher from the Sorbonne who still had nothing.
- Since he got he went to the Sorbonne University.
- Yes, that they'll get it straight one day at the Sorbonne.
Examples
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I'm going to the Sorbonne this summer.
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I learned a lot about philosophy during my studies at Sorbonne University in Paris.
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Two years at the Sorbonne, she still gets it wrong.
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I learned it when I was at the Sorbonne.
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But the best we had was this professor from the Sorbonne.
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Paul got invited to lecture at the Sorbonne.
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She's the daughter of a Sorbonne professor.
Fiction book (1993) -
She went to the Sorbonne.
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In 1926, he gave a course at the Sorbonne on "Dostoevski and the Western Novel."
Academic text (1991) -
Victor became a well-known public figure, a professor of German studies and aesthetics at the Sorbonne.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
A historic university in Paris known for arts and culture
A university in Paris founded in the 12th century that was a leading center for learning until 1970
An old university in Paris that was a main center of learning in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sorbonne comes from the name of a teacher, Robert de Sorbon, who started a college in Paris in the 1200s. Like Harvard, which is named after a person, his name came to mean the whole university and its buildings, so today Sorbonne means the famous university in Paris.