matriculate

English

Etymology

From Latin mātrīculātus, past participle of mātrīculō (“to register”), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Noun
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt

Verb

matriculate (third-person singular simple present matriculates, present participle matriculating, simple past and past participle matriculated)

1. (transitive) To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
2. (transitive, by extension, often with to) To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).
   • 2024 November 30 (last accessed), “Talking About Pronouns in the Workplace”, in HRC Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 November 2024:

     As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs."

3. (intransitive, stative) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

Related terms

• matriculant
• matriculation
• matrix

 

Translations

transitive; enroll as a member of a body

• Galician: anotarse, apuntarse, inscribirse, matricularse
• Hunsrik: matriculeere
• Icelandic: innrita
• Italian: immatricolare (it)
• Spanish: matricularse (es)
• Welsh: matricwleiddio

intransitive; be enrolled as a member of a body

• Icelandic: innritast

Noun

matriculate (plural matriculates)

1. A person admitted to membership in a society.

   Synonym: matriculant

Spanish

Verb

matriculate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of matricular combined with te