credential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin credentialis (“giving authority”), from credentia (“trust”)

Adjective

credential

1. of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority

Translations

pertaining to authority

• Spanish: credencial (es)

Noun

Wikipedia credential (plural credentials)

1. (chiefly in the plural) documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

   May I see your credentials, please?

Translations

document of authority

• Bulgarian: препоръки (bg) (preporǎki) pl
• Czech: pověření (cs) n
• French: accréditation (fr) f
• Greek: διαπιστευτήριο (el) (δiapisteftírio) n, πιστοποιητικό (el) (pistopi'itikó) n
• Russian: мандат (ru) (mandát) m (mandate, warrant), удостоверение личности (ru) (udostoverénije líčnosti) n (ID card)

• Spanish: credencial (es) f
• Vietnamese: giấy chứng nhận (vi)

Verb

credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialling, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)

1. to furnish with credentials
   • 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education^[1], ISBN 0226336514, page 138:

     School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.

   • 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, Herald Sun:

     The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.

See also

• Credentialing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Credentialing

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