diplomat

See also Diplomat

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪ.plə.mæt/

Etymology

From French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (“diplomatic”), ultimately from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diploma, “double-folded document”).

Noun

diplomat (plural diplomats)

1. A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations
2. (figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people

Synonyms

• diplomatist

Related terms

• diplomacy
• diplomatic

Translations

person who is accredited to represent a government

Arabic: دِبْلوماسِيّ (ar) (dibluumaasiyy) Armenian: դիվանագետ (hy) (divanaget) Bulgarian: дипломат (bg) m. Catalan: diplomàtic (ca) m., diplomàtica (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 外交官 (cmn) (wàijiāoguān), 外交家 (cmn) (wàijiāojiā) Czech: diplomat (cs) m. Danish: diplomat (da) c. Dutch: diplomaat (nl) m. Esperanto: diplomato (eo) Finnish: diplomaatti (fi) French: diplomate (fr) m., diplomate (fr)

German: Diplomat (de) m. Hebrew: דיפלומט (he) (diplomat') m., דיפלומטית (he) (diplomat'it) f. Hungarian: küldött (hu) Italian: diplomatico (it) Japanese: 外交官 (ja) (がいこうかん, gaikōkan) Korean: 외교관 (ko) (oegyogwan) (外交官 (ko)) Polish: dyplomata (pl) m. Portuguese: diplomata (pt) Russian: дипломат (ru) (diplomát) m. Swedish: diplomat (sv) c. Vietnamese: nhà ngoại giao (vi) (家外交 (vi))

someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people

Danish: diplomat (da) c. Dutch: diplomaat (nl) m. Finnish: diplomaatti (fi) French: diplomate (fr) m.

German: Diplomat (de) m. Italian: diplomatico (it) Swedish: diplomat (sv) c.

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Icelandic: diplómati Kurdish: dîplomat Malayalam: നയതന്ത്രജ്ഞന്‍ (nayathanthrajnjan)

See also

• chargé d'affaires
• consul
• envoy
• high commissioner

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Czech

Noun

diplomat m.

1. A diplomat

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Danish

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /diplomaːt/, [d̥ipʰˈl̥oˈmæːˀd̥]

Noun

diplomat c. (singular definite diplomaten, plural indefinite diplomater)

1. diplomat

Inflection

    Inflection of diplomat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	diplomat	diplomaten	diplomater	diplomaterne
genitive	diplomats	diplomatens	diplomaters	diplomaternes