noun, masculine/e.kɔ.lje/plural: écoliers
(university) student, scholar (especially in the Middle Ages); schoolboy
“Le moniteur demande : 1 et 1 ? Le premier écolier répond : 1 et 1 font 2.” — The teacher askes, "1 and 1?" The student answers, "1 and 1 make 2."
Inherited from Old French escolier, escoler, an early borrowing from Late Latin scholāris (equivalent to école + -ier), from Latin schola. Compare also the doublet scolaire, a later borrowing.