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diplomatics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Probably from Italian or Ecclesiastical Latin diplomatica.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Arabic: علم الوثائق — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Armenian: վավերագրագիտություն (vaveragragitutʻyun) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Azerbaijani: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Bashkir: дипломатика (diplomatika) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Belarusian: дыпламатыка (dyplamatyka) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Catalan: diplomàtica — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古代文獻學 /古代文献学 (gǔdàiwénxiànxué) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Czech: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Danish: diplomatik — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Dutch: oorkondeleer — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Esperanto: diplomatiko — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Estonian: diplomaatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Finnish: diplomatiikka — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • French: diplomatique — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Georgian: დიპლომატიკა (diṗlomaṭiḳa) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • German: Diplomatik — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Hungarian: oklevéltan — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Hungarian: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Ido: diplomatiko — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Italian: diplomatica — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Japanese: 文書形式学 — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Korean: 고문서학 (gomunseohak) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Latvian: diplomātika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Luxembourgish: diplomatik — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Macedonian: дипломатика (diplomatika) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Norwegian: diplomatikk — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Polish: dyplomatyka — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Portuguese: diplomática — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Romanian: diplomatică — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Russian: дипломатика (diplomatika) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Serbo-Croatian: дипломатика (diplomatika) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Serbo-Croatian: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Slovak: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Slovene: diplomatika — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Spanish: diplomática — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Swedish: diplomatik — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Turkish: belgebilim — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents
  • Ukrainian: дипломатика (dyplomatyka) — science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents