"credential" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-credential.wav Forms: more credential [comparative], most credential [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|ML.|crēdentiālis||giving authority}} Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), {{der|en|la|crēdentia||trust}} Latin crēdentia (“trust”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)
  1. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). Translations (pertaining to authority): credencial (Catalan), credencial (Portuguese), credencial (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-credential-en-adj-6VmOHkW8 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 39 16 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 38 17 33

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-credential.wav Forms: credentials [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|ML.|crēdentiālis||giving authority}} Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), {{der|en|la|crēdentia||trust}} Latin crēdentia (“trust”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} credential (plural credentials)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges Tags: in-plural Translations (document of authority): препоръки (preporǎki) [plural] (Bulgarian), credencial [feminine] (Catalan), 证书 (zhèngshū) (Chinese Mandarin), pověření [neuter] (Czech), valtakirja (Finnish), valtuuskirja (Finnish), accréditation [feminine] (French), Berechtigungsnachweis [masculine] (German), Zugangsdaten [plural] (German), διαπιστευτήριο (diapisteftírio) [neuter] (Greek), πιστοποιητικό (pistopoiitikó) [neuter] (Greek), jogosítvány (Hungarian), 証明書 (shoumeisho) (Japanese), credencial [feminine] (Portuguese), манда́т (mandát) (english: mandate, warrant) [masculine] (Russian), удостовере́ние ли́чности (udostoverénije líčnosti) (english: ID card) [neuter] (Russian), credencial [feminine] (Spanish), giấy chứng nhận (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-credential-en-noun-pDkptI4P Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 39 16 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 41 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 38 17 33 Disambiguation of 'document of authority': 58 42
  2. (informal) Evidence of skill or excellence. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-credential-en-noun-3Gls3JNd Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 39 16 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 38 17 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: credential inflation, credentialism, credentialist, credentialization, credential stuffing, letters credential

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-credential.wav Forms: credentials [present, singular, third-person], credentialing [participle, present], credentialling [participle, present], credentialed [participle, past], credentialed [past], credentialled [participle, past], credentialled [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), from Latin crēdentia (“trust”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|ML.|crēdentiālis||giving authority}} Medieval Latin crēdentiālis (“giving authority”), {{der|en|la|crēdentia||trust}} Latin crēdentia (“trust”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=credentialled|pres_ptc2=credentialling}} credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialling, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)
  1. to furnish with credentials Derived forms: recredential
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