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語源

Borrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

発音

(adjective, noun)

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɔːɹ.i.ət/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/

  (verb)

  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/, /ˈlɔːɹ.i.eɪt/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɹ.i.eɪt/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.eɪt/

形容詞

laureate (not comparable)

1. (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:

     To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.

   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:

     Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.

   • 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt‎^[1]:

     Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,

派生語

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

名詞

laureate (複数形 laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
   • a. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson:

     a learn'd laureate

2. A graduate of a university.

動詞

laureate (三人称単数 現在形 laureates, 現在分詞 laureating, 過去形および過去分詞形 laureated)

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

関連する語

• lauraceous
• laurel
• laurestine
• lauriferous

Further reading

• “laureate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “laureate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “laureate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

形容詞

laureāte

1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus