diplomatic

See also: diplomàtic

English

Alternative forms

• diplomatical (dated)
• diplomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French diplomatique, equal to diplomat +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

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Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• diplomatic bag
• diplomatic corps
• diplomatic flu
• diplomatic immunity
• diplomatic mission
• diplomatic pouch
• diplomatic relations
• diplomatic service
• paradiplomatic

 

Translations

concerning relationships between governments

• Afrikaans: diplomatiese
• Albanian: diplomatik (sq)
• Arabic: دِبْلُومَاسِيّ m (diblūmāsiyy)
• Armenian: դիվանագիտական (hy) (divanagitakan)
• Asturian: diplomáticu
• Belarusian: дыпламаты́чны (dyplamatýčny)
• Bulgarian: дипломати́чески (diplomatíčeski)
• Catalan: diplomàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外交 (zh) (wàijiāo)

• Czech: diplomatický (cs)
• Dutch: diplomatiek (nl)
• Esperanto: diplomatia
• Estonian: diplomaatiline
• Finnish: diplomaattinen (fi)
• French: diplomatique (fr)
• Galician: diplomático (gl)
• Georgian: დიპლომატიური (diṗlomaṭiuri)
• German: diplomatisch (de)
• Greek: διπλωματικός (el) (diplomatikós)
• Hindi: राजनयिक (rājanyik), अंताराज्यनैतिक (antārājyanaitik)
• Hungarian: diplomatikus (hu), diplomáciai (hu)
• Indonesian: diplomatik (id)
• Italian: diplomatico (it)
• Japanese: 外交的 (ja) (がいこうてき, gaikōteki)
• Kazakh: дипломатиялық (diplomatiälyq)
• Korean: 외교적(外交的) (oegyojeok)
• Latvian: diplomātisks
• Lithuanian: diplomatinis
• Macedonian: дипломатски (diplomatski)
• Occitan: diplomatic (oc)
• Persian: دیپلماتیک (fa) (diplomâtik)
• Polish: dyplomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diplomático (pt)
• Romanian: diplomatic (ro)
• Russian: дипломати́ческий (ru) (diplomatíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дипло̀матскӣ

  Latin: diplòmatskī (sh)

• Slovak: diplomatický
• Slovene: diplomatski
• Spanish: diplomático (es)
• Swedish: diplomatisk (sv)
• Tagalog: palatalastasin
• Ukrainian: дипломати́чний (dyplomatýčnyj)
• Urdu: سفارتی (sifāratī)
• Vietnamese: ngoại giao (vi)

exhibiting diplomacy

• Afrikaans: diplomaties
• Armenian: դիվանագիտական (hy) (divanagitakan)
• Asturian: diplomáticu
• Bulgarian: дипломати́чен (bg) (diplomatíčen)
• Catalan: diplomàtic
• Czech: diplomatický (cs)
• Esperanto: diplomata (eo)
• Finnish: diplomaattinen (fi), tahdikas (fi)
• French: diplomatique (fr)
• Galician: diplomático (gl)
• German: diplomatisch (de)
• Hindi: कूटनैतिक (kūṭnaitik)
• Hungarian: diplomatikus (hu)
• Indonesian: diplomatis (id)
• Italian: diplomatico (it)
• Maori: whakahangahanga, arero taiaha (an idiom)
• Polish: dyplomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diplomático (pt)
• Russian: дипломати́чный (ru) (diplomatíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: диплома̀тичан

  Latin: diplomàtičan (sh)

• Spanish: diplomático (es)
• Swedish: diplomatisk (sv)
• Urdu: سفارتی (sifāratī)

relating to diplomatics

• Afrikaans: diplomatiese
• Hungarian: oklevéltani, diplomatikai

Noun

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.

Ladin

Adjective

diplomatic m pl

1. plural of diplomatich

Occitan

Adjective

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

1. diplomatic

Related terms

• diplomacia
• diplomata

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplomatique, from Latin diplomaticus.

Adjective

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

1. diplomatic

Declension

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