bakalaureat

From Dutch baccalaureaat, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalarius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”), to resemble bacca lauri (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory).

• IPA^(key): [bakalau̯ˈreat̚]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ka‧lau‧ré‧at

bakalaureat (plural bakalaureat-bakalaureat)

1. baccalaureate:
   1. a bachelor's degree (first or lowest academic degree conferred by Anglo-Saxon universities and colleges)
   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

• “bakalaureat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus.

• IPA^(key): /ba.ka.lawˈrɛ.at/

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• Rhymes: -ɛat
• Syllabification: ba‧ka‧lau‧re‧at

bakalaureat m inan

1. baccalaureate, bachelor's degree (first or lowest academic degree conferred by Anglo-Saxon universities and colleges)
2. baccalaureate, bachelor's degree (diploma conferred by university authorities on high school graduates, entitling them to study in higher education)

• bakalaureat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bakalaureat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bakalaureat in PWN's encyclopedia