noun
Meaning 1
A bachelor's degree.
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Standard Lemma guide
baccalaureate
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noun
Meaning 2
A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to pursue higher education.
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noun
Meaning 3
A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.
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Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 4
The International Baccalaureate.
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noun
Meaning 5
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bachelor's degree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: academic degree, degree
Narrower terms: Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB, Bachelor of Arts in Library Science, ABLS, Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN, Bachelor of Divinity, BD, Bachelor of Literature, BLitt, Bachelor of Medicine, MB, Bachelor of Music, BMus, Bachelor of Naval Science, BNS, Bachelor of Science, BS, SB, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, BSArch, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Theology, ThB
noun
Meaning 6
a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sermon, discourse, preaching
History
Etymology
First attested in 1625; borrowed from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, an alteration made to baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood, apprentice, bachelor”) for it to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory). See bachelor and -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ավարտական քննություն (avartakan kʻnnutʻyun) — examination to enable higher education
- Chinese Mandarin: 高中畢業會考 /高中毕业会考 (gāozhōng bìyè huìkǎo) — examination to enable higher education
- Finnish: ylioppilaskoe — examination to enable higher education
- Finnish: ylioppilaskirjoitukset — examination to enable higher education
- French: baccalauréat — examination to enable higher education
- Galician: selectividade — examination to enable higher education
- Galician: PAU — examination to enable higher education
- Galician: probas de acceso á universidade — examination to enable higher education
- German: Bakkalaureat — examination to enable higher education
- Polish: bakalaureat — examination to enable higher education
- Romanian: bacalaureat — examination to enable higher education
- Russian: выпускно́й экза́мен (vypusknój ekzámen) — examination to enable higher education
- Slovak: bakalaureát — examination to enable higher education
- Spanish: bachillerato — examination to enable higher education
- Welsh: bagloriaeth — examination to enable higher education
- Chinese Mandarin: 畢業典禮致辭 /毕业典礼致辞 (bìyè diǎnlǐ zhìcí) — farewell address
- Finnish: valmistujaissaarna — farewell address
- French: discours de fin d'études — farewell address
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