diploma

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpləʊmə/

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• diplomacy
• diplomat
• diplomate
• diplomatic

Descendants

Translations

References

Further reading

• “diploma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “diploma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch diploma.

Pronunciation

Noun

diploma (plural diplomas)

1. diploma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīplōma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [diˈplo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diˈplo.ma]

Noun

diploma m (plural diplomes)

1. diploma

Derived terms

• diplomar

Further reading

• “diploma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “diploma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “diploma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “diploma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiˈploː.maː/
• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma
• Rhymes: -oːmaː

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• 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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

Further reading

• “diploma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma).

Noun

diploma m (plural diplomi)

1. diploma

Related terms

• diplomare

Descendants

• → Turkish: diploma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

diploma

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

References

Anagrams

• imploda

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈploː.ma/, [d̪ɪˈpɫ̪oːmä] or IPA^(key): /dipˈloː.ma/, [d̪ɪpˈɫ̪oːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈplo.ma/, [d̪iˈplɔːmä] or IPA^(key): /dipˈlo.ma/, [d̪ipˈlɔːmä]

Noun

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

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

Descendants

References

• “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

Alternative forms

• diplomene

Noun

diploma n

1. definite plural of diplom

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

diploma n

1. definite plural of diplom

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin diplōma.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma

Noun

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

• diplomar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma

Verb

diploma

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplômer.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

diplóma f (Cyrillic spelling дипло́ма)

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

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin diplōma.

Noun

diploma m (plural diplomas)

1. diploma

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

diploma

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

Further reading

• “diploma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English diploma.

Pronunciation

Noun

diploma (n class, plural diploma)

1. diploma

   Synonym: stashahada

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیڀلومه, from Italian diploma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dipɫoˈmɑ/, [d̪ip.ɫ̪o̞ˈmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: dip‧lo‧ma

Noun

diploma (definite accusative diplomayı, plural diplomalar)

1. (education) diploma

Declension

Related terms

References

• “diploma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “diploma”, in Nişanyan Sözlük