Dictionary

matriculation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /məˌtrɪkjəˈleɪʃən/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Enrollment in a college or university.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pass in some university examinations.
   • It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row. 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60:
3. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) A registration of armorial bearings.

Forms

Deriveds

matriculation examination · matriculation exam · postmatriculation · prematriculation

Relateds

immatriculation · alma mater · immatriculate · matrix · matriculate · matriculant

Translations (18)

de Einschreibung (enrollment in a college or university) · nb immatrikulering (enrollment in a college or university) · fi pääsykoe (a pass in some university examinations) · de Immatrikulation (enrollment in a college or university) · hu felsőoktatási/egyetemi/főiskolai felvételi/beiratkozás (enrollment in a college or university) · ms matrikulasi (enrollment in a college or university) · fi yliopistoon kirjoittautuminen (enrollment in a college or university) · fr examen d'admission (a pass in some university examinations) · nl toelatingsexamen (a pass in some university examinations) · nl inschrijving (enrollment in a college or university) · pt matrícula (enrollment in a college or university) · nn immatrikulering (enrollment in a college or university) · fr inscription (enrollment in a college or university) · oc inscripcion (enrollment in a college or university) · cs imatrikulace (enrollment in a college or university) · he בגרות (a pass in some university examinations) · is innritun (enrollment in a college or university) · ro înmatriculare (enrollment in a college or university)