laureate

Meaning

Verb

To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

Adj

Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

Noun

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
2. A graduate of a university.

Synonyms

prize-winner

laurels

laurel

laureled

prizewinner

Translations

lauréat

laureado

δαφνοστεφής

Preisträger

Laureat

galardonado

coronato di alloro

laureatus

mümtaz

laurear

çelenk giymeye layık

defneden yapılmış

mümtaz şair

ödül kazanmış

الفائز

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/

Etymology

Cognate with French: lauréat

In summary

First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.