cum laude
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cum (“with”) + laude (ablative of laus, "praise").
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkumˈlaʊdə/, /ˌkumˈlɔdə/, /ˌkʌmˈlaʊdə/, /ˌkʌmˈlɔdə/
Adverb
[edit]cum laude (not comparable)
- With praise; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work that is above average.
Usage notes
[edit]In the USA, there are three honors often added to diplomas and degrees, and two others less commonly used.
- cum laude (“with honor”)
- magna cum laude (“with great honor”)
- maxima cum laude (“with maximal praise”, rare; intended to be higher than magna cum laude but lower than summa cum laude)
- summa cum laude (“with highest honor”)
- egregia cum laude (“with outstanding honor”, rare; intended to be higher than summa cum laude)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]with praise
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Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]| Inflection of cum laude (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | cum laude | cum laudet | |
| genitive | cum lauden | cum laudejen | |
| partitive | cum laudea | cum laudeja | |
| illative | cum laudeen | cum laudeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | cum laude | cum laudet | |
| accusative | nom. | cum laude | cum laudet |
| gen. | cum lauden | ||
| genitive | cum lauden | cum laudejen cum laudein rare | |
| partitive | cum laudea | cum laudeja | |
| inessive | cum laudessa | cum laudeissa | |
| elative | cum laudesta | cum laudeista | |
| illative | cum laudeen | cum laudeihin | |
| adessive | cum laudella | cum laudeilla | |
| ablative | cum laudelta | cum laudeilta | |
| allative | cum laudelle | cum laudeille | |
| essive | cum laudena | cum laudeina | |
| translative | cum laudeksi | cum laudeiksi | |
| abessive | cum laudetta | cum laudeitta | |
| instructive | — | cum laudein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- Nowadays the Latin form is generally used for doctorates only.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Latin cum (“with”); laude, laus (“praise”).
Noun
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cum laude”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin [Term?].
Phrase
[edit]cum laude
- cum laude
Further reading
[edit]- “cum laude”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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