baccalaureate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French baccalauréat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalarius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”), to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory). Compare bachelor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bækəˈlɔːɹɪət/

Noun

baccalaureate (plural baccalaureates)

1. A bachelor's degree.
2. A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education.
3. (US) A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.
4. The International Baccalaureate.

Synonyms

• (first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities): bachelor's degree

Translations

bachelor's degree — see bachelor's degree

examination to enable higher education

• Armenian: ավարտական քննություն (avartakan kʻnnutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ylioppilaskoe (fi), ylioppilaskirjoitukset (fi)
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• German: Bakkalaureat (de) n
• Polish: bakalaureat (pl) m
• Romanian: bacalaureat (ro)
• Russian: выпускно́й экза́мен m (vypusknój ekzámen)
• Slovak: bakalaureát
• Welsh: bagloriaeth (cy) f

qualification awarded after passing the baccalaureate exam

• Arabic: بَكَالُورِيُوس m (bakālūriyūs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ylioppilas (fi), ylioppilastodistus (fi)
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• German: Bakkalaureat (de) n, Fachabitur (de) n
• Greek: πτυχίο (el) n (ptychío)
• Polish: bakalaureat (pl) m
• Romanian: bacalaureat (ro)
• Russian: сте́пень бакала́вра f (stépenʹ bakalávra), бакалавриа́т (ru) m (bakalavriát)

See also

• International Baccalaureate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• advanced degree
• doctorate
• master's degree