laureate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin laureatus, from laurea (“‘laurel tree’”), from laureus (“‘of laurel’”), from laurus (“‘laurel’”). Compare French lauréat.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒ.ɹiː.ət/, /ˈlɔː(ɹ).iː.ət/, SAMPA: /"lQri:.@t/, /"lO:(r).i:.@t/

[edit] Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel - Geoffrey Chaucer

   • To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. - John Milton
   • Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. - Alexander Pope

[edit] Derived terms

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

[edit] Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. A learned laureate - Cleveland

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[edit] Verb

to laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)

1. (intransitive): To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

laureate f.

1. Feminine plural form of laureato

[edit] Noun

laureate f.

1. Plural form of laureata.

[edit] Verb

laureate

1. Feminine plural of laureato.