Phrase guide

cum laude

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌkumˈlaʊdə/
  • General-American: /ˌkumˈlɔdə/
  • General-American: /ˌkʌmˈlaʊdə/
  • General-American: /ˌkʌmˈlɔdə/

1

adv

Meaning 1

With praise; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work that is above average.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

with honor; with academic distinction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cum laude graduate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with honor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he graduated cum laude

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”) + laude (ablative of laus, "praise").

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: з адзнакай (z adznakaj) — with praise
  • Dutch: met onderscheiding — with praise
  • Finnish: kiittäen — with praise
  • French: avec distinction — with praise
  • German: cum laude — with praise
  • German: gut — with praise
  • Hungarian: cum laude — with praise
  • Hungarian: dicsérettel — with praise
  • Hungarian: kitüntetéssel — with praise
  • Italian: a pieni voti — with praise
  • Italian: e lode — with praise
  • Polish: cum laude — with praise
  • Portuguese: com louvor — with praise
  • Russian: с отличием (s otličijem) — with praise
  • Tagalog: may papuri — with praise
  • Vietnamese: khá — with praise
  • Vietnamese: loại khá — with praise