bachiller
See also: Bachiller
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- bachaler, bacheler, bacheller, bachiler
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bacheler, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, from baccalārius.
Noun
bachiller m (plural bachilleres)
- bachelor (someone who has achieved a bachelor’s degree)
- a clergyperson studying for a higher post
Descendants
- Portuguese: bacharel
- → Hunsrik: Bascharell
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bach+”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bachiller”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bachelier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat͡ʃiˈʝeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʝeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bat͡ʃiˈʎeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʎeɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bat͡ʃiˈʃeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʃeɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bat͡ʃiˈʒeɾ/ [ba.t͡ʃiˈʒeɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧chi‧ller
Noun
bachiller m (plural bachilleres, feminine bachiller or bachillera, feminine plural bachilleres or bachilleras)
- bachelor (person with bachelor degree)
- Synonym: licenciado
- graduate (person)
- Synonym: graduado
Noun
bachiller m (plural bachilleres)
- bachelor (university degree)
- Synonyms: licenciatura, título de grado
- graduate (school degree)
- Synonym: bachillerato
Descendants
Further reading
- “bachiller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025