diploma

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈpləʊmə/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

diploma (plural diplomas or diplomata)

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.

Related terms

• diplomacy
• diplomat
• diplomatic

Translations

certificate

• Afrikaans: diploma (af)
• Arabic: شهادة (ar) (shihaada) f
• Bulgarian: диплома (bg) f (diploma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文憑 (cmn), 文凭 (cmn) (wénpíng), 證書 (cmn), 证书 (cmn) (zhèngshū), 畢業證書 (cmn), 毕业证书 (cmn) (bìyè zhèngshū)

• Czech: diplom (cs) m
• Dutch: diploma (nl) n
• Esperanto: diplomo (eo)
• Finnish: diplomi, päättötodistus, päästötodistus
• French: diplôme (fr) m
• Georgian: დიპლომი (ka) (diplomi) 
• German: Diplom (de) n
• Greek: δίπλωμα (el) (diploma) n 
• Hindi: डिप्लोमा (hi) (ḍiplomā)
• Ido: diplomo (io)
• Indonesian: ijazah (id), sertifikat (id)
• Italian: diploma (it)
• Japanese: 卒業証書 (ja) (そつぎょうしょうしょ, sotsugyō shōsho), ディプロマ (ja) (dipuroma)

• Jèrriais: diplôme m
• Limburgish: deplom (li)
• Manx: teishtys (gv)
• Mongolian: үнэмлэх (mn) (ünêmlêx) 
• Polish: dyplom (pl) m
• Portuguese: diploma (pt) m
• Russian: диплом (ru) (diplóm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дипло́ма (sh) f

  Roman: diplóma (sh) f

• Spanish: diploma (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: papira
• Swahili: diploma (sw)
• Swedish: examensbevis (sv)
• Turkish: diploma (tr)
• Ukrainian: диплом (uk) (dyplóm) 
• Urdu: دانشنامہ (ur)
• Welsh: tystysgrif (cy)
• Yiddish: דיפּלאָם (yi) (diplom) m

External links

• 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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Dutch

Noun

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

1. diploma

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diplōma).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

diploma m (plural diplomi)

1. diploma

Verb

diploma

1. third-person singular present indicative of diplomare
2. second-person singular imperative of diplomare

Anagrams

• imploda

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diplōma, “folded paper, license”).

Noun

dīplōma (genitive dīplōmatis); n, third declension

1. letter of recommendation
2. diploma

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dīplōma	dīplōmata
genitive	dīplōmatis	dīplōmatum
dative	dīplōmatī	dīplōmatibus
accusative	dīplōma	dīplōmata
ablative	dīplōmate	dīplōmatibus
vocative	dīplōma	dīplōmata

Descendants

• Russian: диплом

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Portuguese

Noun

diploma

1. diploma

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

diplóma f (Cyrillic spelling дипло́ма)

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

Declension

    declension of diploma

	singular	plural
nominative	diploma	diplome
genitive	diplome	diploma
dative	diplomi	diplomama
accusative	diplomu	diplome
vocative	diplomo	diplome
locative	diplomi	diplomama
instrumental	diplomom	diplomama

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Spanish

Noun

diploma m (plural diplomas)

1. diploma