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Baccalauréat

British  
/ ˌbækəˈlɔːrɪˌɑː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Baccalauréat

C20: from French, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus bachelor

Example Sentences

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President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that it was "intolerable" that the revision books for the French school leavers' exam, the baccalaureat, "falsify the facts" about the "terrorist and antisemitic attacks by Hamas".

From Barron's

The word is a slight tweak of the French word for their national academic qualification, the baccalauréat.

From BBC

“Young people taking the baccalauréat this year tell me they’re worried sick about how they’re going to get places at good colleges and universities when they say they’re from Trappes,” Rabbeh said.

From The Guardian

Students would have one eye or - don’t tell teacher - both on the tennis as they crammed for baccalauréat high-school final exams.

From Washington Times

Students would have one eye or — don’t tell teacher — both on the tennis as they crammed for baccalauréat high-school final exams.

From Seattle Times