Artium Baccalaurens
- noun
- /ˈɑrtiəm ˌbækəˈlɔrənz/
- Formal
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Bachillerato en Artes
- She received her Artium Baccalaurens in English Literature.
Examples
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On his diploma, the title Artium Baccalaurens was inscribed in bold Latin letters.
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The university awarded her the degree of Artium Baccalaurens in 1920.
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He proudly listed Artium Baccalaurens among his academic achievements.
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The Artium Baccalaurens degree is essential for many teaching positions.
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The university awarded her the degree of Artium Baccalaurens in 1920.
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On his diploma, the title Artium Baccalaurens was inscribed in bold Latin letters.
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He proudly listed Artium Baccalaurens among his academic achievements.
Synonyms
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2.7
A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
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3.5
A first university degree in subjects like history or languages
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4.6
A university degree for studying arts subjects like history or languages
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8.4
A first degree given by a college or university after finishing studies
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3.8
A first university degree in subjects like languages, history, and social sciences
Surface Forms
Morphology
Artium + Baccalaurens
The phrase is a Latin academic designation whose constituents are not English lexical items and are marked as not found in the dictionary, so an average B1 English learner would not be able to derive its meaning from the parts. However, the phrase is etymologically compositional (baccalaureus ≈ 'bachelor', artium ≈ 'of the arts') so a learner with knowledge of Latin stems/inflection could reconstruct 'Bachelor of Arts'; this makes it partially but not fully transparent to typical English learners.
Etymology
Artium Baccalaurens is a Latin name: Artium means 'of the arts' and Baccalaureens means 'bachelor'. One popular story says 'baccalaureus' may come from a small laurel berry given as a sign of learning at old universities, which gives a simple picture of a student becoming a graduate. That's why Artium Baccalaurens is used for what we now call a Bachelor of Arts.