certificate

English

Etymology

From French certificat.

Pronunciation

(UK)
- (noun): IPA^(key): /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (verb): IPA^(key): /səˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US)
- (noun):IPA^(key): /sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/
- (verb): IPA^(key): /sɚˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪfɪkət, -eɪt
Hyphenation: cer‧tif‧i‧cate

Noun

certificate (plural certificates)

A document containing a certified statement.
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
(education) A document serving as evidence that 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.
(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
(computing) Ellipsis of public key certificate.
(British, Ireland) A motion picture age rating.
The film is certificate 15.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Punjabi: ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ (sarṭīphikeṭ)
→ Welsh: stifficet

Translations

document containing a certified statement

Albanian: certifikatë (sq) f
Arabic: شَهَادَة (ar) f (šahāda)
Armenian: վկայագիր (hy) (vkayagir), վկայական (hy) (vkayakan)
Azerbaijani: arayış, sertifikat
Belarusian: сертыфіка́т m (sjertyfikát), пасве́дчанне n (pasvjédčannje), дакуме́нт m (dakumjént)
Bulgarian: свиде́телство (bg) n (svidételstvo), удостовере́ние (bg) n (udostoverénie), сертифика́т (sertifikát), докуме́нт (bg) m (dokumént)
Burmese: လက်မှတ် (my) (lakhmat)
Catalan: certificat (ca) m
Central Melanau: sijil
Chinese:
Mandarin: 證書 / 证书 (zh) (zhèngshū), 證明 / 证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng), 憑證 / 凭证 (zh) (píngzhèng)
Czech: certifikát (cs) m, osvědčení n
Danish: certifikat (da) n
Dutch: certificaat (nl) n, attest (nl) n
Esperanto: atestilo
Estonian: tunnistus, sertifikaat
Finnish: todistus (fi), sertifikaatti (fi)
French: document (fr), certificat (fr) m
Georgian: მოწმობა (moc̣moba), სერტიფიკატი (serṭipiḳaṭi)
German: Zertifikat (de) n, Zeugnis (de) n
Greek: πιστοποιητικό (el) n (pistopoiitikó)
Hebrew: תְעוּדָה (he) f (t'udá)
Hindi: प्रमाणपत्र (hi) m (pramāṇpatra)
Hungarian: igazolás (hu), tanúsítvány (hu), bizonyítvány (hu)
Icelandic: vottorð (is) n, skírteini n
Ido: atesto (io)
Indonesian: sertifikat (id)
Irish: teastas m
Italian: certificato (it) m, attestato (it) m
Jamaican Creole: cerfticket
Japanese: 証明書 (ja) (しょうめいしょ, shōmeisho), 証書 (ja) (しょうしょ, shōsho), 認証 (ja) (にんしょう, ninshō)
Javanese: partisara (jv), sèrtipikat (jv), nawala (jv)
Kazakh: сертификат (sertifikat), куәлік (kuälık)
Khmer: វិញ្ញាបនបត្រ (km) (vɨññiəpaʼnaʼbat)
Korean: 증명서(證明書) (ko) (jeungmyeongseo), 증서(證書) (jeungseo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bawername (ku), şahedetname (ku), sertîfîka (ku)
Kyrgyz: сертификат (sertifikat), күбөлүк (kübölük)
Lao: ໃບຮັບຮອງ (bai hap hǭng)
Latvian: sertifikāts m
Lithuanian: sertifikatas m
Macedonian: сертифика́т m (sertifikát)
Malay: sijil
Maori: tiwhikete
Navajo: naaltsoos bee ééhózinii ályaaígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sertifikat n

Nynorsk: sertifikat n
Pashto: سند (ps) m (sanad)
Persian: گواهی‌نامه (govâhi-nâme), گواهی (fa) (govâhi), شهادتنامه (šahâdat-nâma) (Dari)
Polish: certyfikat (pl) m, atest (pl) m
Portuguese: certificado (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ m (sarṭīphikeṭ)
Romanian: certificat (ro) n, adeverință (ro) f
Russian: докуме́нт (ru) m (dokumént), свиде́тельство (ru) n (svidételʹstvo), сертифика́т (ru) m (sertifikát), удостовере́ние (ru) n (udostoverénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цертифѝка̄т m

Roman: certifìkāt (sh) m
Slovak: certifikát m, osvedčenie n
Slovene: certifikat m, spričevalo n
Spanish: certificado (es)
Swahili: hati (sw)
Swedish: certifikat (sv) n
Tagalog: katibayan
Tajik: шаҳодатнома (šahodatnoma), гувоҳинома (tg) (guvohinoma), шаҳодат (šahodat), гувоҳӣ (guvohi), сертификат (sertifikat)
Tamil: சான்றிதழ் (ta) (cāṉṟitaḻ)
Thai: ใบรับรอง (bai-ráp-rɔɔng)
Turkish: sertifika (tr)
Ukrainian: сертифіка́т m (sertyfikát), свідо́цтво n (svidóctvo), докуме́нт (uk) m (dokumént)
Urdu: سند f (sanad)
Uyghur: گۇۋاھنامە (guwahname)
Uzbek: sertifikat (uz), guvohnoma (uz), shahodatnoma (uz)
Vietnamese: giấy chứng nhận (vi)
Welsh: tystysgrif (cy) f

document evidencing ownership or debt

Armenian: վկայագիր (hy) (vkayagir), վկայական (hy) (vkayakan)
Finnish: todistus (fi)
German: Zertifikat (de) n, Bestätigung (de) f
Indonesian: sertifikat (id), akta (id), surat berharga
Japanese: 証書 (ja) (しょうしょ, shōsho)

academic document

Bulgarian: свиде́телство (bg) n (svidételstvo)
Finnish: todistus (fi)
French: diplôme (fr) m
German: Zeugnis (de) n
Hungarian: bizonyítvány (hu), oklevél (hu)
Indonesian: sertifikat (id), ijazah (id), sijil (id)
Khmer: សញ្ញាបត្រ (saññaabat)
Latin: probatoria f
Luxembourgish: Diplom m
Russian: аттеста́т (ru) m (attestát)
Thai: ประกาศนียบัตร (th) (bprà-gaa-sà-nii-yá-bàt)

computing theory: information needed to verify a positive answer to a problem

Finnish: todiste (fi)
Polish: atest (pl) m

public key certificate — see public key certificate

motion picture age rating

Finnish: ikäraja (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} үнэмлэх (mn) (ünemlex)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దృవపత్రం (dr̥vapatraṁ)

Verb

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

To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

Translations

To supply with a certificate

Danish: certificere
German: zertifizieren (de), bescheinigen (de), beglaubigen (de)

Related terms

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

certificate

inflection of certificare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

certificate f pl

feminine plural of certificato

Spanish

Verb

certificate

second-person singular voseo imperative of certificar combined with te