diploma

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpləʊmə/^[1]

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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

• diplomacy
• diplomat
• diplomate
• diplomatic

• “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.

From Dutch diploma.

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diploma (plural diplomas)

1. diploma

Borrowed from Latin dīplōma.

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

diploma m (plural diplomes)

1. diploma

• diplomar

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiˈploː.maː/

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

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

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

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

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

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

diploma (plural diplomák)

1. (university/college) degree and its certificate (on completion of higher education)

   Synonym: végzettség

2. diploma, certificate

   Synonyms: oklevél, bizonyítvány, tanúsítvány

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

• 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 (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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”).

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

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.

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /diˈplɔ.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: di‧plò‧ma

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma).^[1]

diploma m (plural diplomi)

1. diploma

• diplomare

• → Turkish: diploma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

diploma

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

• imploda

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

• (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]

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

• “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

• diplomene

diploma n

1. definite plural of diplom

diploma n

1. definite plural of diplom

Borrowed from Latin diplōma.

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

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)

• diplomar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧ma

diploma

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

Borrowed from French diplômer.

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

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

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

diplóma f (Cyrillic spelling дипло́ма)

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

• IPA^(key): /diˈploma/ [d̪iˈplo.ma]

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: di‧plo‧ma

From Latin diplōma.

diploma m (plural diplomas)

1. diploma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

diploma

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

• “diploma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English diploma.

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diploma (n class, plural diploma)

1. diploma

   Synonym: stashahada

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیڀلومه, from Italian diploma

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

diploma (definite accusative diplomayı, plural diplomalar)

1. (education) diploma

Inflection
Nominative	diploma
Definite accusative	diplomayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diploma	diplomalar
Definite accusative	diplomayı	diplomaları
Dative	diplomaya	diplomalara
Locative	diplomada	diplomalarda
Ablative	diplomadan	diplomalardan
Genitive	diplomanın	diplomaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular diplomam diplomalarım 2nd singular diploman diplomaların 3rd singular diploması diplomaları 1st plural diplomamız diplomalarımız 2nd plural diplomanız diplomalarınız 3rd plural diplomaları diplomaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular diplomamı diplomalarımı 2nd singular diplomanı diplomalarını 3rd singular diplomasını diplomalarını 1st plural diplomamızı diplomalarımızı 2nd plural diplomanızı diplomalarınızı 3rd plural diplomalarını diplomalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular diplomama diplomalarıma 2nd singular diplomana diplomalarına 3rd singular diplomasına diplomalarına 1st plural diplomamıza diplomalarımıza 2nd plural diplomanıza diplomalarınıza 3rd plural diplomalarına diplomalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular diplomamda diplomalarımda 2nd singular diplomanda diplomalarında 3rd singular diplomasında diplomalarında 1st plural diplomamızda diplomalarımızda 2nd plural diplomanızda diplomalarınızda 3rd plural diplomalarında diplomalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular diplomamdan diplomalarımdan 2nd singular diplomandan diplomalarından 3rd singular diplomasından diplomalarından 1st plural diplomamızdan diplomalarımızdan 2nd plural diplomanızdan diplomalarınızdan 3rd plural diplomalarından diplomalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular diplomamın diplomalarımın 2nd singular diplomanın diplomalarının 3rd singular diplomasının diplomalarının 1st plural diplomamızın diplomalarımızın 2nd plural diplomanızın diplomalarınızın 3rd plural diplomalarının diplomalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular diplomayım diplomalarım 2nd singular diplomasın diplomalarsın 3rd singular diploma diplomadır diplomalar diplomalardır 1st plural diplomayız diplomalarız 2nd plural diplomasınız diplomalarsınız 3rd plural diplomalar diplomalardır

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