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diploma

See also: diplomá, diplôma, and diplomă

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Etymology edit

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

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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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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.

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Noun edit

diploma (plural diplomas)

  1. diploma

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dīplōma.

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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]

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Noun edit

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

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

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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

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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

 
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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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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
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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

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

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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

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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

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diploma n

  1. definite plural of diplom

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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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)
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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

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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

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Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English diploma.

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Noun edit

diploma (n class, plural diploma)

  1. diploma
    Synonym: stashahada
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