diplomat
English
/ˈdɪ.plə.mæt/
noun
Definitions
- A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
- (figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people
Etymology
Derived from French diplomate derived from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (folded paper, license, double-folded document).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δίπλωμα
Gloss
folded paper, license, double-folded document
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- diplomatese English
- diplomatic English
- diplomatically English
- diplomatism English
- diplomatize English
- nondiplomat English
- nondiplomatic English
- superdiplomat English
- undiplomatic English
- diploma Latin
- dīplōma Latin
- dīplōmaticus Latin
- Diplomat German
- diplomaat Dutch, Flemish
- diplomate French
- диплома́т Russian
- дипломат Russian
- δίπλωμα Ancient Greek
- δῐπλόω Ancient Greek
- diplom Norwegian Bokmål
- diplomat Norwegian Bokmål
- dyplomata Polish
- diplom Norwegian Nynorsk
- diplomat Norwegian Nynorsk
- diplomat Danish
- diplomat Czech
- δίπλωμα Greek (modern)
- diplomate Norman
- דיפלומט Hebrew (modern)
- ឌីប្លូម៉ាត Central Khmer