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diploma

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈpləʊmə/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /dɪˈploʊmə/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 P L OW1 M AA0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • get a diploma
  • study for a diploma
  • hold a further-education diploma

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sheepskin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: certificate, certification, credential, credentials

Narrower terms: Higher National Diploma, HND

History

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh1 From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “to double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: diploma — certificate
  • Albanian: dëftesë — certificate
  • Albanian: diplomë — certificate
  • Arabic: شَهَادَة (šahāda) — certificate
  • Arabic: دِبْلُوم (diblōm) — certificate
  • Arabic: دِبْلُومَة (diblōma) — certificate
  • Armenian: դիպլոմ (diplom) — certificate
  • Armenian: ատեստատ (atestat) — certificate
  • Azerbaijani: diplom — certificate
  • Belarusian: дыпло́м (dyplóm) — certificate
  • Belarusian: атэста́т (atestát) — certificate
  • Bengali: ডিপ্লোমা (ḍiplōma) — certificate
  • Bulgarian: дипло́ма (diplóma) — certificate
  • Bulgarian: свиде́телство (svidételstvo) — certificate
  • Burmese: ဒီပလိုမာ (dipa.luima) — certificate
  • Catalan: diploma — certificate
  • Catalan: títol — certificate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文憑 /文凭 (wénpíng) — certificate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證書 /证书 (zhèngshū) — certificate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 畢業證書 /毕业证书 (bìyè zhèngshū) — certificate
  • Czech: diplom — certificate
  • Danish: diplom — certificate
  • Dutch: diploma — certificate
  • East Circassian: дипломэ (diplomɛ) — certificate
  • Esperanto: diplomo — certificate
  • Estonian: diplom — certificate
  • Finnish: diplomi — certificate
  • Finnish: päättötodistus — certificate
  • Finnish: päästötodistus — certificate
  • French: diplôme — certificate
  • Galician: diploma — certificate
  • Georgian: დიპლომი (diṗlomi) — certificate
  • Georgian: ატესტატი (aṭesṭaṭi) — certificate
  • German: Diplom — certificate
  • German: Abgangszeugnis — certificate
  • Greek: δίπλωμα (díploma) — certificate
  • Hebrew: דִּיפְּלוֹמָה (diplóma) — certificate
  • Hindi: डिप्लोमा (ḍiplomā) — certificate
  • Hungarian: bizonyítvány — certificate
  • Hungarian: oklevél — certificate
  • Hungarian: mesterlevél — certificate
  • Hungarian: diploma — certificate
  • Ido: diplomo — certificate
  • Indonesian: ijazah — certificate
  • Indonesian: sertifikat — certificate
  • Italian: diploma — certificate
  • Japanese: 卒業証書 (sotsugyō shōsho) — certificate
  • Japanese: ディプロマ (dipuroma) — certificate
  • Japanese: 学位記 (gakuiki) — certificate
  • Japanese: 修了証 (shūryōshō) — certificate
  • Kazakh: диплом (diplom) — certificate
  • Khmer: ឌីប្លូម (diiploum) — certificate
  • Khmer: សញ្ញាប័ត្រ (saññaa bat) — certificate
  • Korean: 졸업장 (joreopjang) — certificate
  • Korean: 디플로마 (dipeulloma) — certificate
  • Northern Kurdish: şehade — certificate
  • Northern Kurdish: şehadet — certificate
  • Northern Kurdish: diplom — certificate
  • Kyrgyz: диплом (diplom) — certificate
  • Lao: ປະກາດສະນີຍະບັດ (pa kāt sa nī nya bat) — certificate
  • Latin: probatoria — certificate
  • Latvian: diploms — certificate
  • Limburgish: deplom — certificate
  • Lithuanian: diplomas — certificate
  • Macedonian: дипло́ма (diplóma) — certificate
  • Malay: diploma — certificate
  • Manx: teishtys — certificate
  • Māori: tītohu — certificate
  • Marathi: पदविका (padvikā) — certificate
  • Marathi: डिप्लोमा (ḍiplomā) — certificate
  • Marathi: पदवीपत्र (padvīpatra) — certificate
  • Mongolian: үнэмлэх (ünemlex) — certificate
  • Mongolian: диплом (diplom) — certificate
  • Norman: diplôme — certificate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diplom — certificate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diplom — certificate
  • Pashto: ديپلوم (deplom) — certificate
  • Pashto: دپلوم (deplom) — certificate
  • Pashto: شهادتنامه (šahādatnāma) — certificate
  • Persian: دیپلم (diplom) — certificate
  • Polish: dyplom — certificate
  • Polish: świadectwo — certificate
  • Portuguese: diploma — certificate
  • Romanian: diplomă — certificate
  • Russian: дипло́м (diplóm) — certificate
  • Russian: аттеста́т (attestát) — certificate
  • Russian: свиде́тельство (svidételʹstvo) — certificate
  • Serbo-Croatian: дипло́ма — certificate
  • Serbo-Croatian: diplóma — certificate
  • Sicilian: tìtulu — certificate
  • Sicilian: licenza — certificate
  • Sicilian: diploma — certificate
  • Slovak: diplom — certificate
  • Slovene: diploma — certificate
  • Spanish: diploma — certificate
  • Spanish: título — certificate
  • Sranan Tongo: papira — certificate
  • Swahili: diploma — certificate
  • Swahili: stashahada — certificate
  • Swedish: diplom — certificate
  • Swedish: examensbevis — certificate
  • Tagalog: diploma — certificate
  • Tajik: диплом (diplom) — certificate
  • Tatar: диплом (diplom) — certificate
  • Thai: ประกาศนียบัตร (bprà-gaa-sà-nii-yá-bàt) — certificate
  • Turkish: diploma — certificate
  • Turkmen: diplom — certificate
  • Ukrainian: дипло́м (dyplóm) — certificate
  • Ukrainian: атеста́т (atestát) — certificate
  • Urdu: ڈِپْلوما (ḍiplomā) — certificate
  • Uyghur: دىپلوم (diplom) — certificate
  • Uzbek: diplom — certificate
  • Vietnamese: bằng cấp — certificate
  • Volapük: diplom — certificate
  • Welsh: tystysgrif — certificate
  • West Circassian: дипломэ (diplomɛ) — certificate
  • Yiddish: דיפּלאָם (diplom) — certificate
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