bachelor

bachelor

See also: Bachelor

English

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lɚ/, /ˈbæt͡ʃ.lɚ/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: ba‧che‧lor

Noun

bachelor (plural bachelors)

1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
   • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], OCLC 864083:

     As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.

   • 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:

     I shall die a bachelor.

2. The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
4. (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
5. (obsolete) An unmarried woman.
   • 1632 (first performance)​, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, OCLC 51546498:

     A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
     And keep you not alone without a husband

6. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Alternative forms

• bachelour (obsolete)
• batcheler
• batchelor

Synonyms

• (academic degree): baccalaureate

Antonyms

• (unmarried person): wedder, bachelorette

Derived terms

• bachelordom
• bachelorette (North America)
• bachelorhood
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Science
• bachelor pad
• bachelor party
• bachelor's button
• bachelor's button
• bachelor's degree
• bachelor's fare
• bachelor's fare
• bachelor's hall
• [[bachelorship}#English|bachelorship}]]
• bachelor's thesis
• confirmed bachelor

 

Translations

unmarried man

Afrikaans: jonkman, vrygesel, jonggesel, oujongkêrel, jongkêrel Albanian: beqar (sq) m Arabic: أَعْزَب‎ m (ʾaʿzab), عَازِب‎ m (ʿāzib) Azerbaijani: subay (az) Bashkir: буйҙаҡ (buyðaq) Belarusian: халасця́к (xalascják) Bulgarian: ерген (bg) m (ergen) Burmese: လူပျို (my) (lu-pyui) Catalan: solter (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 單身漢／单身汉 (zh) (dānshēnhàn) Czech: starý mládenec m Danish: ungkarl (da) c Dutch: vrijgezel (nl) m Esperanto: fraŭlo (eo) Finnish: poikamies (fi), vanhapoika (fi) French: célibataire (fr) m Galician: mozo solteiro m, solteiro m German: Junggeselle (de) m Greek: εργένης (el) m (ergénis) Ancient: ἠΐθεος m (ēḯtheos) Hebrew: רווק‎ (he) m (ravaq) Hungarian: agglegény (hu) Icelandic: piparsveinn m, einhleyplingur m, ókvæntur maður m Ido: celibulo (io) Indonesian: selibat (id) Italian: scapolo (it) m, celibe (it) m, zito m, zitello m Japanese: 独身者 (どくしんしゃ, dokushinsha) Karakalpak: boydaq Khmer: កំលោះ (km) (kom los) Korean: 독신자 (ko) (doksinja) Ladino: bekar, bekyar, mansevu (Monastir) Latin: baccalaureus Luxembourgish: Jonggesell m Macedonian: ерген m (ergen), беќар m (beḱar) Maori: takakau, tāne takakau Navajo: beʼesdzą́ą́ ádinii Norwegian: Bokmål: ungkar (no) m Nynorsk: ungkar m Old English: hagosteald m Oromo: qeerroo Plautdietsch: Betschla m Polish: kawaler (pl) m Portuguese: solteirão m, solteiro (pt) m Romanian: flăcău (ro) m Russian: холостя́к (ru) m (xolostják) Scottish Gaelic: fleasgach m, seana-ghille m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: нежења m, бећар m Roman: neženja (sh) m, bećar m Slovak: starý mládenec Sotho: lesoha Spanish: solterón (es) m Swahili: kapera (sw), mseja (sw) Swedish: ungkarl (sv) c Tagalog: baguntao Tibetan: ཕོ་ཧྲང (pho hrang) Turkish: bekâr (tr) m Ukrainian: холостя́к m (xolostják), па́рубок (uk) m (párubok) Welsh: dyn sengl m Yiddish: בחור‎ m (bokher)

bachelor's degree

Afrikaans: baccalaureusgraad, baccalaureaat Bulgarian: бакалавър m (bakalavǎr) Danish: bachelor (da) c, bachelorgrad c Esperanto: bakalaŭreco Finnish: kandidaatin tutkinto French: licence (fr) Galician: grao (gl) m, diplomatura f German: Bachelor (de) m Greek: πτυχίο λυτείας n (ptychío lyteías), πτυχίο (el) n (ptychío) Indonesian: kesarjanaan (id) Italian: baccelliere (it), laurea (it) f Khmer: បរិញ្ញា (pak ri nha), បរិញ្ញាត្រី (pak ri nha trey) Latvian: bakalaurs m Lithuanian: bakalauras m Portuguese: bacharelado (pt) m Russian: бакала́вр (ru) m (bakalávr) Slovak: bakalárstvo, bakalaureát Spanish: bachiller (es) m, título de grado, licenciatura (es) f Swedish: kandidat (sv) c Tagalog: batsilyer, dalubhasa Ukrainian: бакала́вр (uk) m (bakalávr) Welsh: gradd baglor m

person who has achieved bachelor's degree

Chinese: Mandarin: 學士／学士 (zh) (xuéshì) Czech: bakalář (cs) m, bakalářka (cs) f Danish: bachelor (da) c Esperanto: bakalaŭro Finnish: kandidaatti (fi) Galician: diplomado, graduado German: Bachelor (de) m Greek: πτυχιούχος (el) m or f (ptychioúchos) Hebrew: בּוֹגֵר‎ (he) m (bogér) Indonesian: sarjana (id) Japanese: 学士 (ja) (がくし, gakushi) Khmer: បរិញ្ញា (pak ri nha) Latvian: bakalaurs m Norwegian: Bokmål: bachelor m Nynorsk: bachelor m Polish: licencjat (pl) m, bakałarz (pl) m Portuguese: bacharel (pt) c Russian: бакала́вр (ru) m (bakalávr) Slovak: bakalár (sk) m, bakalárka f Spanish: bachiller (es) m, licenciado (es) m Swedish: kandidat (sv) c Thai: บัณฑิต (th) (ban-dìt) Ukrainian: бакала́вр (uk) m (bakalávr) Welsh: baglor m

(Canada) single room apartment

Dutch: studio (nl) m Finnish: yksiö (fi) Polish: kawalerka (pl) f Swedish: etta (sv) c

See also

• spinster
• divorcé
• widower

Further reading

• bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• crabhole

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Danish

Etymology

From English bachelor.

Noun

bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)

1. bachelor's degree

   Hun har en bachelor i mikrobiologi.

   She has a bachelor's degree in microbiology.

Declension

Declension of bachelor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bachelor	bacheloren	bachelorer	bachelorerne
genitive	bachelors	bachelorens	bachelorers	bachelorernes

Synonyms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

From English bachelor. Doublet of bachelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʃ.lɔʁ/

Noun

bachelor m (plural bachelors)

1. bachelor's degree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.