matriculate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”). By surface analysis, matricul(a) +‎ -ate. === Pronunciation === Verb (General American) IPA(key): /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/ Noun (General American) IPA(key): /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt === Verb === matriculate (third-person singular simple present matriculates, present participle matriculating, simple past and past participle matriculated) (transitive) To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. (transitive, by extension, often with to) To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.). (intransitive, stative) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. (proscribed) To graduate (from a school or course of study). For more quotations using this term, see Citations:matriculate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === matriculate (not comparable) (obsolete, later chiefly Scotland, participial adjective) Matriculated. === Noun === matriculate (plural matriculates) A person admitted to membership in a society or college. [1712] Synonym: matriculant == Spanish == === Verb === matriculate second-person singular voseo imperative of matricular combined with te