the profession and study of diplomacy, conducting political relations between states · private diplomacy, acting between parties with similar tact and negotiator skills
köken: Borrowed from French diplomatie. Equivalent to diplomaat + -ie.
diplomacy (the art and practice of conducting international relations) · diplomacy (tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility)
çekim: çoğul διπλωματίες · tamlayan διπλωματίας
köken: Learned borrowing from French diplomatie with -ία (-ía) suffix.
Sino-Vietnamese word from 外交, composed of 外 (“outside”) and 交 (“to exchange”), from Japanese 外交 (gaikō), either clipped from earlier 外国交際 (gaikoku kōsai, ngoại quốc giao tế, literally “intercourse with foreign countries”), a Meiji-era coinage, or merely repurposed from Literary Chinese 外交 (wàijiāo). Literary Chinese 外交 (wàijiāo) meant something to the effect of "international relations," rather…