Baccalauréat

/ (ˌbækəˈlɔːrɪˌɑː) /

noun

(esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university

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Word Origin for Baccalauréat

C20: from French, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus bachelor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for baccalauréat

  • Casimir became a baccalaureat of philosophy, Heinrich a doctor of medicine.

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  • Gian Battista eventually gained the baccalaureat in his twenty-second year, and two years after became a member of the College.

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