diploma

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See also: diplomá, diplôma, and diplomă

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “I double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.
    get a diploma
    study for a diploma
    hold a further-education diploma

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Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

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

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch diploma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diploma (plural diplomas)

  1. diploma

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dīplōma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diploma m (plural diplomes)

  1. diploma

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma). The sense “diploma” derived from French diplôme.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. diploma
  2. (obsolete) deed, official document entitling one to something

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: diploma
  • → Caribbean Javanese: diplomah, dhiplomah
  • → Indonesian: diploma

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From New Latin diploma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈdiplomɒ]
  • Hyphenation: dip‧lo‧ma
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun[edit]

diploma (plural diplomák)

  1. (university/college) degree and its certificate (on completion of higher education)
    Synonym: végzettség
  2. diploma, certificate
    Synonyms: oklevél, bizonyítvány, tanúsítvány

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative diploma diplomák
accusative diplomát diplomákat
dative diplomának diplomáknak
instrumental diplomával diplomákkal
causal-final diplomáért diplomákért
translative diplomává diplomákká
terminative diplomáig diplomákig
essive-formal diplomaként diplomákként
essive-modal — —
inessive diplomában diplomákban
superessive diplomán diplomákon
adessive diplománál diplomáknál
illative diplomába diplomákba
sublative diplomára diplomákra
allative diplomához diplomákhoz
elative diplomából diplomákból
delative diplomáról diplomákról
ablative diplomától diplomáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		diplomáé diplomáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		diplomáéi diplomákéi
Possessive forms of diploma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. diplomám diplomáim
2nd person sing. diplomád diplomáid
3rd person sing. diplomája diplomái
1st person plural diplománk diplomáink
2nd person plural diplomátok diplomáitok
3rd person plural diplomájuk diplomáik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • diploma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • diploma in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch diploma, from Latin diploma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “I double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diˈploma/
  • Rhymes: -ma, -a
  • Hyphenation: dip‧lo‧ma

Noun[edit]

diploma (plural diploma-diploma, first-person possessive diplomaku, second-person possessive diplomamu, third-person possessive diplomanya)

  1. diploma: a document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
  2. a vocational degree awarded after the equivalent of approximately to one year (D-1), two years (D-2), three years (D-3) or four years (D-4) of college education.

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Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diˈplɔ.ma/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔma
  • Hyphenation: di‧plò‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma).[1]

Noun[edit]

diploma m (plural diplomi)

  1. diploma
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

diploma

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “diploma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diplōma n (genitive diplōmatis); third declension

  1. letter of recommendation
  2. a document drawn up by a magistrate, assuring to the holder some favor or privilege, a diploma

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diplōma diplōmata
Genitive diplōmatis diplōmatum
Dative diplōmatī diplōmatibus
Accusative diplōma diplōmata
Ablative diplōmate diplōmatibus
Vocative diplōma diplōmata

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “diploma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diploma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diploma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “diploma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “diploma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

diploma n

  1. definite plural of diplom

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

diploma n

  1. definite plural of diplom

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin diplōma.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma

Noun[edit]

diploma m (plural diplomas)

  1. diploma
  2. bill (legislative), legislative action.
    O Presidente promulga o diploma legislativo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma

Verb[edit]

diploma

  1. inflection of diplomar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French diplômer.

Verb[edit]

a diploma (third-person singular present diplomează, past participle diplomat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive) to graduate; to attribute a diploma to

Conjugation[edit]

    conjugation of diploma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a diploma
gerund diplomând
past participle diplomat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present diplomez diplomezi diplomează diplomăm diplomați diplomează
imperfect diplomam diplomai diploma diplomam diplomați diplomau
simple perfect diplomai diplomași diplomă diplomarăm diplomarăți diplomară
pluperfect diplomasem diplomaseși diplomase diplomaserăm diplomaserăți diplomaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să diplomez să diplomezi să diplomeze să diplomăm să diplomați să diplomeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative diplomează diplomați
negative nu diploma nu diplomați

References[edit]

  • diploma in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

diplóma f (Cyrillic spelling дипло́ма)

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

Declension[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diˈploma/ [d̪iˈplo.ma]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Syllabification: di‧plo‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin diplōma.

Noun[edit]

diploma m (plural diplomas)

  1. diploma
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

diploma

  1. inflection of diplomar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English diploma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

diploma (n class, plural diploma)

  1. diploma
    Synonym: stashahada
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