credential

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

credential ‎(comparative more credential, superlative most credential)

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

     their credential letters on both sides

Translations

pertaining to authority

• Portuguese: credencial (pt)

• Spanish: credencial

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) pl ‎(preporǎki)
• Czech: pověření n
• French: accréditation (fr) f
• Greek: διαπιστευτήριο (el) n ‎(diapisteftírio), πιστοποιητικό (el) n ‎(pistopoiitikó)
• Hungarian: jogosítvány (hu)

• 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)

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”, 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:Credentialing

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