diploma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 1.3.4 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 References 4 Portuguese 4.1 Noun 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 6 Spanish 6.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin diploma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diplōma), “‘folded paper, license’”), from διπλόω (diploō), “‘I double, fold over’”), from διπλόος (diploos), “‘double’”).

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• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈpləʊmə/^[1]

[edit] Noun

diploma (plural diplomas or diplomata)^[1]

1. A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

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• diplomacy
• diplomat
• diplomatic

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• diploma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• diploma in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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• Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “diploma, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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diploma n. (plural diploma's, diminutive diplomatje or diplomaatje, diminutive plural diplomatjes or diplomaatjes)

1. diploma

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diplōma).^[1]

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diploma m. (plural diplomi)

1. diploma

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diploma

1. Third-person singular present tense of diplomare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of diplomare.

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• Notes:

1. ^ “diplòma” listed in Dizionario Etimologico Online

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diploma

1. diploma

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diplóma f. (Cyrillic spelling дипло́ма)

1. (education) diploma
2. (education) degree

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diploma m. (plural diplomas)

1. diploma