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): /ˈdɪp.lə.mæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     In a meeting with a top Chinese diplomat last year, Moon said China was partly responsible for South Korea’s pollution problem.

2. (figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people.

Synonyms

• diplomatist (now uncommon)

Derived terms

• diplobrat
• diplolingo
• diplomat cream
• diplomatese
• diplomatism
• diplomatize
• diplomat pudding
• guerrilla diplomat
• nondiplomat
• superdiplomat

Related terms

• diplomacy
• diplomatic

Translations

person who is accredited to represent a government

• Albanian: diplomat (sq) m, diplomate (sq) f
• Arabic: دِبْلُومَاسِيّ m (diblūmāsiyy), دِبْلُومَاسِيَّة f (diblūmāsiyya)
• Armenian: դիվանագետ (hy) (divanaget)
• Aromanian: diplumat m, diplumatã f
• Asturian: diplomáticu m
• Azerbaijani: diplomat
• Belarusian: дыплама́т m (dyplamát), дыплама́тка f (dyplamátka)
• Bengali: কূটনীতিজ্ঞ (bn) (kuṭnitijno)
• Bulgarian: диплома́т m (diplomát), диплома́тка f (diplomátka)
• Burmese: သံတမန် (my) (samta.man), သံ (my) (sam)
• Catalan: diplomàtic m, diplomàtica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外交官 (zh) (wàijiāoguān), 外交家 (zh) (wàijiāojiā)

• Czech: diplomat (cs) m, diplomatka f
• Danish: diplomat c
• Dutch: diplomaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: diplomato, diplomatiisto
• Estonian: diplomaat (et)
• Finnish: diplomaatti (fi)
• French: diplomate (fr) m or f
• Galician: diplomático (gl) m
• Georgian: დიპლომატი (diṗlomaṭi)
• German: Diplomat (de) m, Diplomatin (de) f
• Hebrew: דִּיפְּלוֹמָט (he) m (diplomát), דיפלומטית f (diplomatít)
• Hindi: कूटनीतिज्ञ m (kūṭnītijña), राजनयिक m (rājanyik), राजदूत (hi) m (rājdūt)
• Hungarian: küldött (hu), diplomata (hu)
• Icelandic: diplómat (is) m, diplómati m
• Indonesian: diplomat (id)
• Irish: taidhleoir m
• Italian: diplomatico (it) m, diplomatica (it) f
• Japanese: 外交官 (ja) (がいこうかん, gaikōkan), 外交家 (がいこうか, gaikōka)
• Kazakh: дипломат (diplomat)
• Khmer: ឌីប្លូម៉ាត (diiploumaat), ទូត (km) (tuut), អ្នកការទូត (km) (nĕək kaa tuut)
• Korean: 외교관(外交官) (ko) (oegyogwan)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dîplomat (ku)

• Kyrgyz: дипломат (ky) (diplomat), мамилегер (mamileger)
• Lao: ນັກການທູດ (nak kān thūt), ທູດ (thūt)
• Latvian: diplomāts m, diplomāte f
• Lithuanian: diplomatas m, diplomatė f
• Macedonian: диплома́т m (diplomát), диплома́тка f (diplomátka)
• Malay: diplomat
• Maori: māngai whakahangahanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дипломатч (mn) (diplomatč)

  Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠢᠫᠯᠣᠮᠠᠲ᠋ᠴᠢ (diplomatči)

• Norman: diplomate m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diplomat m

  Nynorsk: diplomat m

• Pashto: دپلومات (ps) m (deplomãt), دېپلومات m (deplūmãt), ډيپلوماټ m (ḍeplomãṭ)
• Persian: دیپلمات (fa) (diplomât)
• Polish: dyplomata (pl) m, dyplomatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: diplomata (pt) m or f
• Romanian: diplomat (ro) m, diplomată (ro) f
• Russian: диплома́т (ru) m (diplomát) (male or female), диплома́тка (ru) f (diplomátka) (the feminine form is colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дипло̀мат m, дипло̀маткиња f

  Roman: diplòmat (sh) m, diplòmatkinja (sh) f

• Slovak: diplomat m, diplomatka f
• Slovene: diplomat m, diplomatka f
• Spanish: diplomático (es) m, diplomática (es) f
• Swahili: mwanadiplomasia (sw)
• Swedish: diplomat (sv) c
• Tagalog: palatalastas
• Tajik: дипломат (diplomat)
• Thai: นักการทูต (nák-gaan-tûut), ทูต (th) (tûut)
• Turkish: diplomat (tr)
• Turkmen: diplomat
• Ukrainian: диплома́т m (dyplomát), диплома́тка f (dyplomátka)
• Uyghur: دىپلومات (diplomat)
• Uzbek: diplomat (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà ngoại giao (家外交)
• Welsh: diplomydd m

someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people

• Danish: diplomat c
• Dutch: diplomaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: diplomato
• Finnish: diplomaatti (fi)
• French: diplomate (fr) m or f
• German: Diplomat (de) m, Diplomatin (de) f
• Italian: diplomatico (it)
• Portuguese: diplomata (pt) m or f
• Russian: диплома́т (ru) m (diplomát) (male or female), диплома́тка (ru) f (diplomátka) (the feminine form is colloquial)
• Spanish: diplomático (es) m, diplomática (es) f
• Swedish: diplomat (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} dîplomat (ku)

• Malayalam: (nayathanthrajnjan) ^{(please verify)} നയതന്ത്രജ്ഞന് (nayatantrajñaṉ)

See also

• chargé d'affaires
• consul
• envoy
• high commissioner

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from French diplomate.

Noun

diplomat (definite accusative diplomatı, plural diplomatlar)

1. diplomat

Declension

Declension of diplomat

	singular	plural
nominative	diplomat	diplomatlar
definite accusative	diplomatı	diplomatları
dative	diplomata	diplomatlara
locative	diplomatda	diplomatlarda
ablative	diplomatdan	diplomatlardan
definite genitive	diplomatın	diplomatların

Possessive forms of diplomat

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatım	diplomatlarım
sənin (“your”)	diplomatın	diplomatların
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatı	diplomatları
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımız	diplomatlarımız
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınız	diplomatlarınız
onların (“their”)	diplomatı or diplomatları	diplomatları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatımı	diplomatlarımı
sənin (“your”)	diplomatını	diplomatlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatını	diplomatlarını
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımızı	diplomatlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınızı	diplomatlarınızı
onların (“their”)	diplomatını or diplomatlarını	diplomatlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatıma	diplomatlarıma
sənin (“your”)	diplomatına	diplomatlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatına	diplomatlarına
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımıza	diplomatlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınıza	diplomatlarınıza
onların (“their”)	diplomatına or diplomatlarına	diplomatlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatımda	diplomatlarımda
sənin (“your”)	diplomatında	diplomatlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatında	diplomatlarında
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımızda	diplomatlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınızda	diplomatlarınızda
onların (“their”)	diplomatında or diplomatlarında	diplomatlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatımdan	diplomatlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	diplomatından	diplomatlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatından	diplomatlarından
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımızdan	diplomatlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınızdan	diplomatlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	diplomatından or diplomatlarından	diplomatlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	diplomatımın	diplomatlarımın
sənin (“your”)	diplomatının	diplomatlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	diplomatının	diplomatlarının
bizim (“our”)	diplomatımızın	diplomatlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	diplomatınızın	diplomatlarınızın
onların (“their”)	diplomatının or diplomatlarının	diplomatlarının

Related terms

• diplomatik

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

From diploma +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.pluˈmat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [di.ploˈmat]

Adjective

diplomat (feminine diplomada, masculine plural diplomats, feminine plural diplomades)

1. having a diploma

Noun

diplomat m (plural diplomats, feminine diplomada)

1. graduate, degree-holder

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “diplomat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “diplomat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “diplomat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪplomat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -omat
• Hyphenation: di‧p‧lo‧mat

Noun

diplomat m anim (female equivalent diplomatka, relational adjective diplomatický)

1. diplomat

Declension

Declension of diplomat (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	diplomat	diplomaté, diplomati
genitive	diplomata	diplomatů
dative	diplomatovi, diplomatu	diplomatům
accusative	diplomata	diplomaty
vocative	diplomate	diplomaté, diplomati
locative	diplomatovi, diplomatu	diplomatech
instrumental	diplomatem	diplomaty

Related terms

• diplom
• diplomacie f
• diplomatický
• diplomatika
• diplomovat

Further reading

• “diplomat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “diplomat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “diplomat” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “diplomat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From French diplomate. By surface analysis, diplom +‎ -at.

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

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch diplomaat, from French diplomate, from New Latin dīplōmaticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɪp̚ˈlomat̚]
• Hyphenation: dip‧lo‧mat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

diplomat (plural diplomat-diplomat)

1. diplomat: a person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations

Related terms

• diploma
• diplomasi
• diplomatik
• diplomatis

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English diplomat, from French diplomate.

Noun

diplomat (Jawi spelling ديڤلومت)

1. diplomat: a person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations.

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Noun

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

1. a diplomat

Related terms

• diplomati
• diplomatisk

References

• “diplomat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Noun

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

1. a diplomat

Related terms

• diplomati
• diplomatisk

References

• “diplomat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplômé.

Noun

diplomat m (plural diplomați)

1. diplomat

Declension

Declension of diplomat

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diplomat	diplomatul		diplomați	diplomații
genitive-dative	diplomat	diplomatului		diplomați	diplomaților
vocative	diplomatule			diplomaților

Adjective

diplomat m or n (feminine singular diplomată, masculine plural diplomați, feminine and neuter plural diplomate)

1. having a diploma or a degree

Declension

Declension of diplomat

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	diplomat		diplomată		diplomați	diplomate
	definite	diplomatul		diplomata		diplomații	diplomatele
genitive- dative	indefinite	diplomat		diplomate		diplomați	diplomate
	definite	diplomatului		diplomatei		diplomaților	diplomatelor

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیپلومات, from French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diploˈmɑt/, /dipɫoˈmɑt/

Noun

diplomat (definite accusative diplomatı, plural diplomatlar)

1. diplomat

Declension

Declension of diplomat

singular plural nominative diplomat diplomatlar definite accusative diplomatı diplomatları dative diplomata diplomatlara locative diplomatta diplomatlarda ablative diplomattan diplomatlardan genitive diplomatın diplomatların Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular diplomatım diplomatlarım 2nd singular diplomatsın diplomatlarsın 3rd singular diplomat diplomattır diplomatlar diplomatlardır 1st plural diplomatız diplomatlarız 2nd plural diplomatsınız diplomatlarsınız 3rd plural diplomatlar diplomatlardır