Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postbaccalaureate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: post-bac-calau-re-ate
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Subsequent and in addition to the baccalaureate, or bachelor's, degree

Example Sentences

"She graduated from Wellesley and received a certificate in postbaccalaureate premedical studies from Georgetown."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English baccalaureate English postbaccalaureate From post- + baccalaureate.

Inflected Forms

post-baccalaureate (alternative) post baccalaureate (alternative) postbac (alternative) post-bac (alternative) postbacc (alternative) post-bacc (alternative)

Questions

What does postbaccalaureate mean?: Subsequent and in addition to the baccalaureate, or bachelor's, degree
Where does postbaccalaureate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English baccalaureate English postbaccalaureate From post- + baccalaureate.

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