gaudeamus
obsolete
gaudeamus is spelled G-A-U-D-E-A-M-U-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gaudeamus means “A students' merrymaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gaudeamus is gaudeamuses.
How many letters and syllables are in gaudeamus?
| Letters | 9: G-A-U-D-E-A-M-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gaudeamus?
Gaudeamus appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does gaudeamus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA students' merrymaking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gaudeamus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin gaudeamus (“may we rejoice”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).