Diploma Definition

dĭ-plōmə

diplomas

noun

diplomas

A certificate conferring honors, privileges, etc.

Webster's New World

An official state document or historical document; charter.

Webster's New World

A certificate issued to a student by a school, college, or university, indicating graduation or the conferring of a degree.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Diploma

Singular:

diploma

Plural:

diplomas, diplomata

From Latin diploma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diploō, “I double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diploos, “double”).

From Wiktionary
Latin diplōma letter of introduction from Greek document, folded paper from diploos double dwo- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition