diplomacy
English
/dɪˈpləʊməsi/, /dɪˈploʊməsi/
noun
Definitions
- The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
- Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
Etymology
Borrowed from French diplomatie derived from Latin diploma (letter of recommendation authority).
Origin
Latin
diploma
Gloss
letter of recommendation authority
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gastrodiplomacy English
- diploma Latin
- Diplomatie German
- diploma Hungarian
- diplomatie French
- diplomacia Spanish, Castilian
- δίπλωμα Ancient Greek
- diplomacia Portuguese
- dyplomacja Polish
- diplomàcia Catalan, Valencian
- diplomacia Galician
- diplomasia Swahili
- mwanadiplomasia Swahili
- diflomasiyya Hausa
- diplômasia Malagasy