bakalaureat

Indonesian

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bakalaureat (first-person possessive bakalaureatku, second-person possessive bakalaureatmu, third-person possessive bakalaureatnya)

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.

Further reading

• “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.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bakalawˈrɛat/

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of bakalaureat

	singular	plural
nominative	bakalaureat	bakalaureaty
genitive	bakalaureatu	bakalaureatów
dative	bakalaureatowi	bakalaureatom
accusative	bakalaureat	bakalaureaty
instrumental	bakalaureatem	bakalaureatami
locative	bakalaureacie	bakalaureatach
vocative	bakalaureacie	bakalaureaty

Further reading

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