different between negotiate vs diplomat

English

Alternative forms

• negociate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negotiatus, past participle of negotiari (“to carry on business”), from negotium (“business”) (Eng. usg. 1599), from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n?????.?i.e?t/, /n???o?.?i.e?t/, /n?????.si.e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n???o?.?i.e?t/, /n???o?.?i.e?t/

Verb

negotiate (third-person singular simple present negotiates, present participle negotiating, simple past and past participle negotiated)

1. (intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
   • 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait

     "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue."

2. (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.

3. (transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.

4. (transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
5. (obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hammond to this entry?)

6. (obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Derived terms

Related terms

• otiose

Translations

Further reading

• negotiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negotiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

neg?ti?te

1. vocative masculine singular of neg?ti?tus

English

Etymology

From French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (“diplomatic”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ??????? (dípl?ma, “double-folded document”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.pl?.mæt/

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

Related terms

• diplomacy
• diplomatic

Derived terms

• diplomat cream

Translations

See also

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

Czech

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?plomat]

Noun

diplomat m (feminine diplomatka)

1. diplomat

Further reading

• diplomat in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• diplomat in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diploma?t/, [d?ip??l?o?mæ??d?]

Noun

diplomat c (singular definite diplomaten, plural indefinite diplomater)

1. diplomat

Inflection

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch diplomaat, from French diplomate, from New Latin d?pl?maticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?p??lomat?]
• Hyphenation: dip?lo?mat

Noun

diplomat (first-person possessive diplomatku, second-person possessive diplomatmu, third-person possessive diplomatnya)

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

Further reading

• “diplomat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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

From French diplômé.

Noun

diplomat m (plural diploma?i)

1. diplomat

Declension

Adjective

diplomat m or n (feminine singular diplomat?, masculine plural diploma?i, feminine and neuter plural diplomate)

1. having a diploma or a degree

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dipl?mat/
• Hyphenation: di?plo?mat

Noun

diplòmat m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. diplomat

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????????, from French diplomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dip.l?.mat/, /dip.??.mat/

Noun

diplomat (definite accusative diplomat?, plural diplomatlar)

1. diplomat

Declension