cancre
French → English
noun//kɑ̃.kʁ//
(education) Dunce: a student who is lazy, performs poorly, or is consistently at the bottom of the class; slacker
Assis au fond de la classe, le cancre ne s'intéressait à aucune des leçons d'histoire.
(English) Sitting at the back of the class, the dunce was not interested in any of the history lessons.
Même s'il était un cancre à l'école, il est devenu un entrepreneur très prospère plus tard.
(English) Even though he was a slacker in school, he became a very successful entrepreneur later on.
Entry ID: fr:en:cancre · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary