credential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/

• Audio (RP):

  (file)

Adjective

credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)

1. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). [from 15th c.]
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     their credential letters on both sides

Translations

pertaining to authority

• Catalan: credencial
• Portuguese: credencial (pt)
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• Spanish: credencial

Noun

credential (plural credentials)

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

   May I see your credentials, please?

   The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on.

Translations

document of authority

• Bulgarian: препоръки (bg) pl (preporǎki)
• Catalan: credencial f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 证书 (zh) (zhèngshū)

• Czech: pověření n
• French: accréditation (fr) f
• German: Berechtigungsnachweis m, Zugangsdaten (de) pl
• Greek: διαπιστευτήριο (el) n (diapisteftírio), πιστοποιητικό (el) n (pistopoiitikó)
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• Hungarian: jogosítvány (hu)
• Japanese: 証明書 (ja) (shoumeisho)
• Portuguese: credencial (pt) f
• Russian: манда́т (ru) m (mandát) (mandate, warrant), удостовере́ние ли́чности n (udostoverénije líčnosti) (ID card)
• Spanish: credencial f
• Vietnamese: giấy chứng nhận (vi)

References

• credential on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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, 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”, in Herald Sun‎^[2]:

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

See also

• Credentialing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• interclade, interlaced