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diplomatic

See also: diplomàtic

English edit

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Etymology edit

From French diplomatique, equal to diplomat +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/
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Adjective edit

diplomatic (comparative more diplomatic, superlative most diplomatic)

  1. Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
    She spent thirty years working for Canada's diplomatic service.
    Albania immediately severed diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe.
    • 2022 November 15, Patrick Wintour, “Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Born in 1950 towards the end of the Stalin era to diplomatic parents, he was educated at the elite Russian Institute of International Relations before ascending to become Russia’s envoy at the UN, where for a decade he lived through the trauma of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  2. Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
    Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.
  3. Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus.
  4. Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.

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diplomatic (uncountable)

  1. The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
    • 1983, Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, Studies in English legal history, page 151:
      In its broadest aspect, the subject-matter of diplomatic is the relation between documents and facts.

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Adjective edit

diplomatic m pl

  1. plural of diplomatich

Occitan edit

Adjective edit

diplomatic m (feminine singular diplomatica, masculine plural diplomatics, feminine plural diplomaticas)

  1. diplomatic

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French diplomatique, from Latin diplomaticus.

Adjective edit

diplomatic m or n (feminine singular diplomatică, masculine plural diplomatici, feminine and neuter plural diplomatice)

  1. diplomatic

Declension edit

Declension of diplomatic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite diplomatic diplomatică diplomatici diplomatice
definite diplomaticul diplomatica diplomaticii diplomaticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite diplomatic diplomatice diplomatici diplomatice
definite diplomaticului diplomaticei diplomaticilor diplomaticelor
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