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magna cum laude

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
mag-na cum laude
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

Etymology

From Latin.

Phrases

cum laude summa cum laude

Frequently Paired Words

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Rhymes With

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Questions

What does magna cum laude mean?
"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.
Where does magna cum laude come from?
From Latin.

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