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bachelor
English
Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccal?rius, from Late Latin baccal?ris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bæt?.?.l?/, /?bæt?.l?/
- Hyphenation: ba?che?lor
Noun
bachelor (plural bachelors)
- A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
- As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
- 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:
- I shall die a bachelor.
- The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
- Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
- (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
- A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
And keep you not alone without a husband
- A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
- (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
- A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
Alternative forms
- bachelour (obsolete)
- batcheler
- batchelor
Synonyms
- (academic degree): baccalaureate
Antonyms
- (unmarried person): wedder, bachelorette
Derived terms
- confirmed bachelor
- bachelor's degree
- bachelordom
- bachelorette (North America)
- bachelorhood
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- bachelor pad
- bachelor party
- bachelorship
- bachelor's button
- bachelor's fare
Translations
See also
- spinster
- divorcé
- widower
Further reading
- bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
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Danish
Etymology
From English bachelor
Noun
bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)
- bachelor's degree
Declension
Synonyms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From English bachelor
Noun
bachelor m (plural bachelors)
- bachelor (degree)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler
Noun
bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler
Noun
bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)
- a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
- a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)
Derived terms
- bachelorgrad
References
- “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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licence
English
Etymology
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: li?cence
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
- (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand) Standard spelling of license.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
- (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
Usage notes
- In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Translations
Czech
Etymology
From Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?.tsen.tse/
Noun
licence f
- licence (UK), license (US)
Declension
Further reading
- licence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- licence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.s??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
- Homophone: licences
Noun
licence f (plural licences)
- licence
- permit, certificate
- (education) bachelor's degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)
- (somewhat archaic) licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty
Derived terms
- licencier
- licenciement
- licencieux
Related terms
- loisir
Descendants
- ? Turkish: lisans
Further reading
- “licence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
licenc +? -e (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lit?s?nt?s?]
- Hyphenation: li?cen?ce
Noun
licence
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of licenc
Declension
Old French
Noun
licence f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)
- leave; permission to be away, to be not present
Descendants
- French: licence
- ? English: licence, license
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