lauréat
French, noun/lɔ.ʁe.a/
lauréat is spelled L-A-U-R-É-A-T (7 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lauréat is a French masculine noun meaning “prizewinner, recipient of a prize, laureate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui a remporté le prix dans un concours scolaire ou académique”.
What does lauréat mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prizewinning
noun
- 1
masculineprizewinner, recipient of a prize, laureate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Quelqu’un des poètes qui ont reçu solennellement une couronne de laurier.
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui a remporté le prix dans un concours scolaire ou académique. 2. Celui qui s'est distingué lors de son cursus universitaire. 3. Celui à qui on a attribué un prix, une mention ou un accessit dans un concours quelconque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lauréat
- lauréate feminine
- lauréats masculine plural
- lauréates feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lauréat?
- /lɔ.ʁe.a/
- /lo.ʁe.a/
- \lɔ.ʁe.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lauréat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lauréat in French?
lauréat appears 4.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).