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diplomatic

/ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

diplomatic adjective: concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.

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.
  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.

Noun

diplomatic (uncountable)

  1. The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
    • In its broadest aspect, the subject-matter of diplomatic is the relation between documents and facts.1983, Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, Studies in English legal history, page 151

diplomatic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

diplomatic in Hindi

concerning relationships between governments
राजनयिक rājanyik, अंताराज्यनैतिक antārājyanaitik
exhibiting diplomacy
कूटनैतिक kūṭnaitik

diplomatic in Tamil

தந்திரமாக, ராஜ தந்திரம் தொடர்பான, அரசதந்திர

diplomatic in Urdu

concerning relationships between governments
سفارتی sifāratī
exhibiting diplomacy
سفارتی sifāratī

diplomatic in Bengali

diplomatic
কূটনৈতিক kūṭnoitik
More languagesFewer languages
diplomatic in Telugu
దౌత్యపరమైన, దౌత్యపరం
diplomatic in Malayalam
നയതന്ത്രപരമായ, നയതന്ത്രജ്ഞതയുള്ള, മൂലരൂപത്തെ അതേപടി പകർത്തുന്ന
diplomatic in Kannada
ರಾಯಭಾರದ, ರಾಜತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ, ರಾಜತಂತ್ರದ
diplomatic in Punjabi
ਕੂਟਨੀਤਕ, ਡਿਪਲੋਮੈਟਿਕ
diplomatic in Odia
କୂଟନୈତିକ
diplomatic in Nepali
कूटनीतिक, कुटनीतिक
diplomatic in Tagalog
palatalastasin
diplomatic in Arabic
دِبْلُومَاسِيّ diblūmāsiyy
diplomatic in Indonesian
diplomatik, diplomatis
diplomatic in Persian
دیپلماتیک diplomâtik
diplomatic in Vietnamese
ngoại giao

Examples of diplomatic in a sentence

  • Some real breakthroughs were made at the summit, but only far from the official diplomatic table.
  • The prime ministers engaged in diplomatic amenities before signing the treaty.
  • He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.

All 40 example sentences with diplomatic

Forms of diplomatic

comparativemore diplomatic
superlativemost diplomatic
alternative form (dated)diplomatical
alternative form (obsolete)diplomatick

Origin of diplomatic

From French diplomatique and its etymon New Latin diplōmaticus. By surface analysis, diplomat + -ic.

Words formed from diplomatic

Phrases with diplomatic

Questions about diplomatic

What does diplomatic mean?
Diplomatic means concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
What is diplomatic in Hindi?
Diplomatic in Hindi is राजनयिक (rājanyik), अंताराज्यनैतिक (antārājyanaitik), कूटनैतिक (kūṭnaitik). See Diplomatic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is diplomatic?
Diplomatic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce diplomatic?
Diplomatic is pronounced /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/ (US).

Words near diplomatic in the dictionary

  1. diplomata
  2. diplomate
  3. diplomated
  4. diplomates
  5. diplomatese
  6. diplomatic
  7. diplomatic bag
  8. diplomatic bags
  9. diplomatic corps
  10. diplomatic flu
  11. diplomatic immunity

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diplomatic (page history and authors); diplomatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কূটনৈতিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); diplomatic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diplomatic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diplomatic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomatic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); diplomatic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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