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laureate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/ (US)
• /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/ (UK)
• /ˈlɔː.ɹi.ət/ (UK)
• /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/ (US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. 1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
   • Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
   • Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668, 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt:

Translations (16)

sv lagerkransad (crowned with laurel) · fr lauréat (crowned with laurel) · ru уве́нчанный (crowned with laurel) · es galardonado (crowned with laurel) · sv lagerkrönt (crowned with laurel) · fr lauréate (crowned with laurel) · es laureado (crowned with laurel) · el δαφνοστεφής (crowned with laurel) · pl uwieńczony (crowned with laurel) · hy դափնեկիր (crowned with laurel) · pt laureado (crowned with laurel) · hu babérkoszorús (crowned with laurel) · hu koszorús (crowned with laurel) · mk у́венчан (crowned with laurel) · bg увенча́н (crowned with laurel) · es ganador (crowned with laurel)

wikipedia: Middle English

laureate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/ (US)
• /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/ (UK)
• /ˈlɔː.ɹi.ət/ (UK)
• /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/ (US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
   • a learn'd laureate a. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson:
   • Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:
2. A graduate of a university.

Forms

Deriveds

poet laureate · laureateship · Nobel laureate

Synonyms

honoree

Translations (51)

bg лауреа́тка (one crowned with laurel) · kk лауреат (one crowned with laurel) · ja 受賞者 (one crowned with laurel) · uz laureat (one crowned with laurel) · ky лауреат (one crowned with laurel) · eo laŭreato (one crowned with laurel) · ka ლაურეატი (one crowned with laurel) · fr lauréat (one crowned with laurel) · nl prijswinnaar (one crowned with laurel) · ru лауреа́тка (one crowned with laurel) · hu kitüntetett (one crowned with laurel) · mk лауреа́т (one crowned with laurel) · ru лауреа́т (one crowned with laurel) · es galardonado (one crowned with laurel) · sk nositeľka (one crowned with laurel) · lt laureatas (one crowned with laurel) · es laureado (one crowned with laurel) · ko 수상자 (one crowned with laurel) · lv laureāts (one crowned with laurel) · bg лауреа́т (one crowned with laurel) · sk nositeľ (one crowned with laurel) · fi palkinnon saaja (one crowned with laurel) · cs laureát (one crowned with laurel) · it laureato (one crowned with laurel) · be лаўрэа́т (one crowned with laurel) · de Laureat (one crowned with laurel) · et laureaat (one crowned with laurel) · cs nositelka (one crowned with laurel) · pt laureado (one crowned with laurel) · hy դափնեկիր (one crowned with laurel) · be лаўрэа́тка (one crowned with laurel) · uk лауреа́тка (one crowned with laurel) · fr lauréate (one crowned with laurel) · pl laureat (one crowned with laurel) · mk лауреа́тка (one crowned with laurel) · nl laureaat (one crowned with laurel) · hu díjazott (one crowned with laurel) · sk laureátka (one crowned with laurel) · pl laureatka (one crowned with laurel) · uk лауреа́т (one crowned with laurel) · hu díjas (one crowned with laurel) · cs laureátka (one crowned with laurel) · hu díjnyertes (one crowned with laurel) · cs nositel (one crowned with laurel) · it laureata (one crowned with laurel) · el δαφνοστεφής (one crowned with laurel) · cmn 獲獎者 /获奖者 (one crowned with laurel) · de Laureatin (one crowned with laurel) · tg лауреат (one crowned with laurel) · mk лавро́носец (one crowned with laurel) · sk laureát (one crowned with laurel)

wikipedia: Middle English

laureate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɔ.ɹi.eɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɔː.ɹi.eɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈlɑɹ.i.eɪt/ (US)
• /ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

laurestine · lauraceous · lauriferous · laurel

Translations (14)

mk уве́нчува (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · pl uwieńczać (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · ru венча́ть (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · sv lagerkransa (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · ru уве́нчивать (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · es laurear (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · ru увенча́ть (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · bg увенча́вам (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · es galardonar (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · sv lagerkröna (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · pt laurear (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · bg увенча́я (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · mk у́венча (to honor with a wreath of laurel) · pl uwieńczyć (to honor with a wreath of laurel)

wikipedia: Middle English