summa cum laude

English

Etymology

From Latin summā cum laude (“with the greatest praise”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊdi

Adverb

summa cum laude (not comparable)

1. With highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality.

   Coordinate terms: cum laude, magna cum laude

   Nancy graduated from the university summa cum laude.

Translations

with highest praise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以最高荣誉 (yǐ zuìgāo róngyù), 以最高榮譽 / 以最高荣誉

• Dutch: met de grootste onderscheiding
• German: summa cum laude (de), sehr gut mit Auszeichnung
• Icelandic: með æðsta láði, með hæstu ágætiseinkunn
• Polish: summa cum laude (pl)
• Tagalog: may sukdulang papuri
• Vietnamese: xuất sắc (vi), loại xuất sắc

See also

• cum laude
• egregia cum laude
• magna cum laude

Further reading

• Latin honors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʊma kʊm ˈlaʊ̯də/

Adverb

summa cum laude

1. summa cum laude

   Synonym: sehr gut mit Auszeichnung

Usage notes

• Nowadays the Latin form is generally used for doctorates only.

Coordinate terms

• cum laude = gut
• magna cum laude = sehr gut

Latin

Etymology

From cum (“with”, preposition) + the ablatives of summa (“highest, utmost”) and laus (“praise”), with the adjective being idiomatically/emphatically fronted across the preposition.

Adverb

summā cum laude (not comparable)

1. with the highest or utmost praise

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin summā cum laude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsum.ma ˈkum ˈlaw.dɛ/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: sum‧ma kum lau‧de

Adverb

summa cum laude (not comparable)

1. (education, postpositive) summa cum laude

Further reading

• summa cum laude in Polish dictionaries at PWN