Meanings
plural diplomas · plural diplomata
- 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
2 more examples
study for a diploma
hold a further-education diploma
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδίπλωμα“folded paper, license”
- Latindiplōma
- Englishdiploma
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”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans diploma
- diplomacertificate
Arabic شَهَادَة, دِبْلُوم
- شَهَادَة (šahāda)certificate
- دِبْلُوم (diblōm)certificate
- دِبْلُومَة (diblōma)certificate
Bengali ডিপ্লোমা
- ডিপ্লোমা (ḍiplōma)certificate
Bulgarian дипло́ма, свиде́телство
- дипло́ма (diplóma)certificate
- свиде́телство (svidételstvo)certificate
Catalan diploma, títol
- diplomacertificate
- títolcertificate
Chinese Mandarin 文憑 /文凭, 證書 /证书
- 文憑 /文凭 (wénpíng)certificate
- 證書 /证书 (zhèngshū)certificate
- 畢業證書 /毕业证书 (bìyè zhèngshū)certificate
Czech diplom
- diplomcertificate
Danish diplom
- diplomcertificate
Dutch diploma
- diplomacertificate
Esperanto diplomo
- diplomocertificate
Estonian diplom
- diplomcertificate
Finnish diplomi, päättötodistus
- diplomicertificate
- päättötodistuscertificate
- päästötodistuscertificate
French diplôme
- diplômecertificate
German Diplom, Abgangszeugnis
- Diplomcertificate
- Abgangszeugniscertificate
Greek δίπλωμα
- δίπλωμα (díploma)certificate
Hebrew דִּיפְּלוֹמָה
- דִּיפְּלוֹמָה (diplóma)certificate
Hindi डिप्लोमा
- डिप्लोमा (ḍiplomā)certificate
Hungarian bizonyítvány, oklevél
- bizonyítványcertificate
- oklevélcertificate
- mesterlevélcertificate
- diplomacertificate
Indonesian ijazah, sertifikat
- ijazahcertificate
- sertifikatcertificate
Italian diploma
- diplomacertificate
Japanese 卒業証書, ディプロマ
- 卒業証書 (sotsugyō shōsho)certificate
- ディプロマ (dipuroma)certificate
- 学位記 (gakuiki)certificate
- 修了証 (shūryōshō)certificate
Korean 졸업장, 디플로마
- 졸업장 (joreopjang)certificate
- 디플로마 (dipeulloma)certificate
Latin probatoria, diplōma
- probatoriacertificate
- diplōmacertificate
Latvian diploms
- diplomscertificate
Lithuanian diplomas
- diplomascertificate
Malay diploma
- diplomacertificate
Māori tītohu
- tītohucertificate
Norwegian Bokmål diplom
- diplomcertificate
Persian دیپلم
- دیپلم (diplom)certificate
Polish dyplom, świadectwo
- dyplomcertificate
- świadectwocertificate
Portuguese diploma
- diplomacertificate
Romanian diplomă
- diplomăcertificate
Russian дипло́м, аттеста́т
- дипло́м (diplóm)certificate
- аттеста́т (attestát)certificate
- свиде́тельство (svidételʹstvo)certificate
Slovak diplom
- diplomcertificate
Spanish diploma, título
- diplomacertificate
- títulocertificate
Swahili diploma, stashahada
- diplomacertificate
- stashahadacertificate
Swedish diplom, examensbevis
- diplomcertificate
- examensbeviscertificate
Tagalog diploma
- diplomacertificate
Thai ประกาศนียบัตร
- ประกาศนียบัตร (bprà-gaa-sà-nii-yá-bàt)certificate
Turkish diploma
- diplomacertificate
Ukrainian дипло́м, атеста́т
- дипло́м (dyplóm)certificate
- атеста́т (atestát)certificate
Urdu ڈِپْلوما
- ڈِپْلوما (ḍiplomā)certificate
Vietnamese bằng cấp
- bằng cấpcertificate
Welsh tystysgrif
- tystysgrifcertificate
Yiddish דיפּלאָם
- דיפּלאָם (diplom)certificate
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Cite this entry
diploma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diploma
“diploma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diploma. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diploma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diploma.
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