certificate

English

Etymology

From French certificat.

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /səɹˈtɪfɪkɪt/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /səɹˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪfɪkɪt, -eɪt
• Hyphenation: cer‧tif‧i‧cate

Noun

certificate (plural certificates)

1. A document containing a certified statement.
2. A document evidencing ownership or debt.
3. A document serving as evidence as a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
4. (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

Translations

a document containing a certified statement

• Armenian: վկայագիր (hy) (vkayagir), վկայական (hy) (vkayakan)
• Bulgarian: свидетелство (bg) n (svidetelstvo), удостоверение (bg) n (udostoverenie)
• Catalan: certificat (ca) m
• Central Melanau: sijil
• Czech: certifikát (cs) m, osvědčení n
• Dutch: certificaat (nl), attest (nl) n
• Estonian: tunnistus
• Finnish: todistus (fi), sertifikaatti
• French: document (fr)
• Georgian: მოწმობა (moc̣moba), სერტიფიკატი (serṭipiḳaṭi)
• German: Zertifikat (de) n
• Greek: πιστοποιητικό (el) n (pistopoiitikó)
• Ido: atesto (io)
• Indonesian: sertifikat (id)
• Italian: certificato (it) m, attestato (it) m

• Japanese: 認証 (ja) (ninshō), 認定書 (ninteisho)
• Malay: sijil
• Maori: tiwhikete
• Navajo: naaltsoos bee ééhózinii ályaaígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sertifikat n

  Nynorsk: sertifikat n

• Polish: certyfikat (pl) m
• Portuguese: certificado (pt) m
• Russian: докуме́нт (ru) m (dokumént), свиде́тельство (ru) n (svidételʹstvo), сертифика́т (ru) m (sertifikát)
• Serbo-Croatian: potvrdnica f
• Spanish: certificado (es)
• Swahili: hati (sw)
• Swedish: certifikat (sv) n
• Tagalog: katibayan

a document evidencing ownership or debt

• Armenian: վկայագիր (hy) (vkayagir), վկայական (hy) (vkayakan)
• German: Zertifikat (de) n

• Indonesian: sertifikat (id), akta (id)
• Japanese: 証書 (ja) (shōsho)

an academic document

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• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} үнэмлэх (ünemleh)

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దృవపత్రం (dr̥vapatraṃ) (druvapatram)

Verb

certificate (third-person singular simple present certificates, present participle certificating, simple past and past participle certificated)

1. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification

Related terms

• certify
• certified

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Italian

Verb

certificate

1. second-person plural present of certificare
2. second-person plural imperative of certificare
3. feminine plural past participle of certificare