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ambassade

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.

Noun

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ambassade (plural ambassades)

  1. (obsolete) The mission of an ambassador.
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. [], new edition, London: [] B. Law, []; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      Sir Henry Killigrew, after Ambaſſades and meſſages, and many other employments of peace and warre, in his Princes ſeruice, to the good of his Countrey, hath made choyce of a retyred eſtate
  2. (obsolete) An embassy.
    • 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England
      [] thereupon the queen's majesty, trusting that the king of Spain was of the same mind, she did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state []

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French ambassade, from Old French ambassade, from Old Italian ambasciata (diplomatic mission), from Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (service); see ambassador.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambassade c (singular definite ambassaden, plural indefinite ambassader)

  1. embassy

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greenlandic: ambassade

Further reading

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑm.bɑˈsaː.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: am‧bas‧sa‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French ambassade, ultimately replacing ambassaat as the general term.

Noun

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ambassade f (plural ambassades, diminutive ambassadetje n)

  1. an embassy, diplomatic legation to permanently represent a foreign state at (the highest) embassador's level
  2. an ambassadorial mission
  3. an embassy building
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Etymology 2

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From ambassaat, influenced by the above and ambassadeur.

Noun

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ambassade m (plural ambassaden, diminutive ambassaatje n)

  1. (obsolete) an envoy, spokesman

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French ambassade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambassade f (plural ambassades)

  1. an embassy, diplomatic representation in a foreign state, notably headed by an ambassador

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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First attested circa 1350 as ambaxade, circa 1420 as ambassade. From Old French ambassade, from Italian ambasciata (diplomatic mission).

Noun

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ambassade f (plural ambassades)

  1. embassy (temporary mission representing a sovereign state)

Descendants

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  • French: ambassade (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • ambassade on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ambassade.

Noun

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ambassade f (plural ambassades)

  1. (Jersey) embassy
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

Noun

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ambassade m (definite singular ambassaden, indefinite plural ambassader, definite plural ambassadene)

  1. an embassy
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Descendants

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

Noun

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ambassade m (definite singular ambassaden, indefinite plural ambassadar, definite plural ambassadane)

  1. an embassy
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