different between diplomae vs diplomate

English

Noun

diplomae

1. (hypercorrect) plural of diploma

Usage notes

• In forming the plural of diploma, the correct Classical plural is diplomata, whereas the Anglicised plural is diplomas. Diplomae is formed by mistaken analogy with words deriving from feminine nouns in the nominative case of Latin’s first declension; diploma actually derives from ??????? (dípl?ma), a neuter noun in the nominative case of Ancient Greek’s third declension.

Anagrams

• Polmadie, empodial

English

Noun

diplomate (plural diplomates)

1. A professional who has earned a diploma.

Verb

diplomate (third-person singular simple present diplomates, present participle diplomating, simple past and past participle diplomated)

1. (transitive) To award a diploma to.

References

• diplomate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “diplomate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Back-formation from diplomatique.

Pronunciation

Noun

diplomate m or f (plural diplomates)

1. diplomat

Related terms

• diplomatie
• diplomatique
• diplôme

Descendants

Further reading

• “diplomate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

diplomate

1. feminine plural of diplomato

Noun

diplomate f

1. plural of diplomata

Latin

Noun

d?pl?mate

1. ablative singular of d?pl?ma

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplomate.

Noun

diplomate m or f (plural diplomates)

1. (Jersey) diplomat