diplômé avec mention
Graduated with honors in French is diplômé avec mention, said of someone who completed a degree with high academic achievement.
mention is the standard French word for the distinction received on graduating, and diplômé avec mention describes a person who earned one.
What does it mean word for word?
diplômé means graduated, avec means with and mention is the honor received.
Which one should you use?
To name the level of honors, add it after mention. A obtenu son diplôme avec mention bien means obtained the diploma with honors, and A obtenu son diplôme avec mention très bien means with the highest honors.
How does it change in a sentence?
diplômé agrees with the person described. Use diplômée avec mention for a woman and diplômés avec mention for a group of male or mixed graduates.
When do people say it?
In a full sentence, French speakers often prefer the verb form obtenu son diplôme avec mention to the adjective diplômé.
Did you know?
- While mention très bien is the highest standard honor, some French academic degrees also allow for the phrase félicitations du jury, which means the jury gave their congratulations.
- The word avec replaced the Latin word 'cum' in early French documents during the Merovingian and Carolingian periods.
- French academic honors are often categorized by degrees of 'goodness', such as mention assez bien for 'fairly good' and mention bien for 'good'.
Examples in context
- J'ai réussi mon diplôme avec mention très bien. Je suis très fier de cet accomplissement.I graduated with highest honors. I am very proud of this achievement.
- Elle a décroché son diplôme avec mention bien. Cela témoigne de ses efforts constants.She graduated with honors. It reflects her constant efforts.
- Nous avons obtenu notre diplôme avec mention assez bien. C'est une belle récompense de nos années de travail.We graduated with quite good honors. It's a rewarding result of our years of hard work.
- Il est diplômé avec mention très bien.He graduated with highest honors.
- Mon frère est diplômé avec mention en droit.My brother graduated with honors in law.
Example conversation
Manon and Lucas are celebrating at a cafe after a graduation ceremony.
- ManonFélicitations, Lucas, tu es diplômé avec mention !Congratulations, Lucas, you graduated with honors!
- LucasMerci Manon, je suis vraiment très heureux.Thanks Manon, I am really very happy.
- ManonTu as travaillé tellement dur pour cela.You worked so hard for that.
- LucasC'est gentil, on va fêter ça !That's kind, let's celebrate this!
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries avec, mention, CC BY-SA 4.0.
