different between graduand vs gra

English

Etymology

Attested since 1882. From Medieval Latin graduandus, gerundive of graduare (“to graduate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ædju??ænd/

Noun

graduand (plural graduands)

2. (Britain, Canada) A student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree.
   • 2005, Mike Amos, Proud Return of the Pigeon Boy, Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Jul 14, 2005.

     In order to add jollity to the proceedings, said the dean, each graduand would find beneath his seat a little tub of bubbles, complete with mortar board cap.

Usage notes

A rather specialized term: since degrees are generally awarded shortly after requirements have been completed, this is generally a very short-term status (weeks to months), quickly changing to graduate. Primarily used to refer to students at graduation ceremonies (as in the quote above), in Britain and similar Commonwealth school systems (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Namibia, Singapore). It has important legal implications for certain disciplines; for example, medical graduands are able to be registered to practise, and commence work as junior medical officers, before officially graduating at a ceremony which may occur some six months later.

In the US, the general term student is generally used instead.

Coordinate terms

• graduate

References

Albanian

Etymology

Plural of grua.

Noun

gra

1. women

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gran), from Latin gr?num (compare French grain, Spanish grano), from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???a/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

gra m (plural grans)

1. grain
2. pimple

Derived terms

• esgranar
• graner

Further reading

• “gra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French gras (“fat”)

Adjective

gra

1. fat

Italiot Greek

Noun

gra f

1. berry

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish igra, from Proto-Slavic *j?gra (“play, game”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra/

Noun

gra f (diminutive gierka)

1. play
2. game

Declension

Synonyms

• (play): zabawa

Related terms

• (verb) gra?
• (noun) gracz
• (adjective) growy

Verb

gra

1. third-person singular present indicative of gra?

Further reading

• gra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• gra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

From Irish grá

Noun

gra (plural gras)

1. (Ulster) liking for; affection.

References

• Glossary of Words in the Counties of Antrim and Down, William Hugh Patterson, 1880