diplomat

See also: Diplomat, diplomát, and diplômât

English

Etymology

From French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (“diplomatic”), ultimately from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “double-folded document”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.plə.mæt/

Noun

diplomat (plural diplomats)

  1. A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
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  2. (figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people

Synonyms

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See also

Czech

Noun

diplomat m

  1. A diplomat

Further reading
  • diplomat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • diplomat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diplomaːt/, [d̥ipʰˈl̥oˈmæːˀd̥]

Noun

diplomat c (singular definite diplomaten, plural indefinite diplomater)

  1. diplomat

Inflection
Declension of diplomat
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diplomat diplomaten diplomater diplomaterne
genitive diplomats diplomatens diplomaters diplomaternes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French diplomate

Noun

diplomat m (definite singular diplomaten, indefinite plural diplomater, definite plural diplomatene)

  1. a diplomat

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French diplomate

Noun

diplomat m (definite singular diplomaten, indefinite plural diplomatar, definite plural diplomatane)

  1. a diplomat

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diplǒmat/
  • Hyphenation: di‧plo‧mat

Noun

diplòmat m (Cyrillic spelling дипло̀мат)

  1. diplomat

Declension
Declension of diplomat
singular plural
nominative diplomat diplomati
genitive diplomata diplomata
dative diplomatu diplomatima
accusative diplomata diplomate
vocative diplomate diplomati
locative diplomatu diplomatima
instrumental diplomatom diplomatima
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