admittatur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin admittātur (“let him be admitted”), the third-person singular present passive subjunctive form of admittō (“I let in; I admit”).
Noun
admittatur (plural admittaturs)
- The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for admittatur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin admittātur (“let him be admitted”), the third-person singular present passive subjunctive form of admittō (“I let in”, “I admit”).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.mitˈtaː.tur/, [ad.mɪtˈtaː.tʊr]
Descendants
- English: admittatur
- French: admittatur
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