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embassy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛmbəsi/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí Proto-Celtic *ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Celtic *ageti Proto-Celtic *-tos Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosder. Old Occitan ambaissadabor. Old Italian ambasciatader. Old French ambascee Middle French ambasseebor. English ambassy English embassy Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Occitan ambaissada (“embassy”), derived from ambaissa (“message”), from Late Latin ambactia (“service rendered”) (attested also as ambascia, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service”), *ambahtaz (“follower, servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“dependant, vassal”, literally “one who is sent around”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)). Doublet of ambassade.

Meanings

1. The function or duty of an ambassador.
   • The King told me, […] That I ſhould have the Character of Ambaſſador Extraordinary, and the ſame Allovvance I ſhou'd have had in Spain: Upon this Offer I made no Demurr, but immediately accepted it, and ſo my Ambaſſy vvas declar'd in May 1674. 1683, William Temple, “Memoirs of what Pass’d in Christendom, from the War Begun 1672, to the Peace Concluded 1679. Chapter I.”, in The Works of Sir William Temple, […], volume I, London: […] J. Round, J[acob] Tonson, J. Clarke, B[enjamin] Motte, T. Wotton, S[amuel] Birt, and T[homas] Osborne, published 1731, →OCLC, page 379:
2. An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
   • The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
3. A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
   • The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.
   • Then go we in to know his embassy; Which I could with a ready guess declare Before the Frenchman speak a word of it. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
4. The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
5. (archaic) A written account as to an embassy.
   • By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […] 1690, “A Relation of the Late Great Revolution in Siam, and the Driving Out of the French”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page 1:

Forms

Deriveds

emb. · tent embassy

Relateds

consulate · High Commission · ambassador

Translations (149)

id kedutaan besar (organization representing a foreign state) · arz سفارة (organization representing a foreign state) · fa-ira سِفارَت (organization representing a foreign state) · nl ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · ru посо́льство (organization representing a foreign state) · vi tòa đại sứ (organization representing a foreign state) · uk посо́льство (organization representing a foreign state) · lv vēstniecība (organization representing a foreign state) · ti ኤምባሲ (organization representing a foreign state) · nrf ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · be амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · kl ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · mk амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · mi whare māngai (organization representing a foreign state) · ky элчилик (organization representing a foreign state) · bg посо́лство (organization representing a foreign state) · sc imbassiada (organization representing a foreign state) · ce векалалла (organization representing a foreign state) · ast embaxada (organization representing a foreign state) · hsb wulkopósłanstwo (organization representing a foreign state) · my သံ (organization representing a foreign state) · da ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · th สถานเอกอัครราชทูต (organization representing a foreign state) · cs ambasáda (organization representing a foreign state) · et saatkond (organization representing a foreign state) · es embajada (organization representing a foreign state) · sdn imbasciada (organization representing a foreign state) · tk saforat (organization representing a foreign state) · my သံရုံး (organization representing a foreign state) · hi राजदूतावास (organization representing a foreign state) · uk амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · scn mmasciata (organization representing a foreign state) · sh велепосла́нство (organization representing a foreign state) · mg ambasady (organization representing a foreign state) · km រដ្ឋទូត (organization representing a foreign state) · cs velvyslanectví (organization representing a foreign state) · km ស្ថានទូត (organization representing a foreign state) · sk veľvyslanectvo (organization representing a foreign state) · tr sefarethane (organization representing a foreign state) · te రాయబారము (organization representing a foreign state) · az səfirlik (organization representing a foreign state) · it ambasciata (organization representing a foreign state) · ga ambasáid (organization representing a foreign state) · bn দূতাবাস (organization representing a foreign state) · az elçilik (organization representing a foreign state) · sd سفارت (organization representing a foreign state) · tl pasuguan (organization representing a foreign state) · cmn 大使館 /大使馆 (organization representing a foreign state) · fo sendistova (organization representing a foreign state) · hi सिफ़ारत (organization representing a foreign state) · yue 大使館 /大使馆 (organization representing a foreign state) · de Botschaft (organization representing a foreign state) · haw ʻemepake (organization representing a foreign state) · fi suurlähetystö (organization representing a foreign state) · mi kāinga māngai (organization representing a foreign state) · eo ambasado (organization representing a foreign state) · kk елшілік (organization representing a foreign state) · hi दूतावास (organization representing a foreign state) · cy llysgenhadaeth (organization representing a foreign state) · sdc imbasciada (organization representing a foreign state) · rue амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · io ambasado (organization representing a foreign state) · ota سفارت (organization representing a foreign state) · ar سِفَارَة (organization representing a foreign state) · hi सिफारतखाना (organization representing a foreign state) · rue посо́лство (organization representing a foreign state) · la lēgātio (organization representing a foreign state) · uz saforat (organization representing a foreign state) · av посольство (organization representing a foreign state) · ta தூதரகம் (organization representing a foreign state) · ja 大使館 (organization representing a foreign state) · tl embahada (organization representing a foreign state) · kmr ambasad (organization representing a foreign state) · hi सिफारत (organization representing a foreign state) · ps سفارتخانه (organization representing a foreign state) · af ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · sh veleposlánstvo (organization representing a foreign state) · sl veleposlaništvo (organization representing a foreign state) · sc imbasciada (organization representing a foreign state) · ro ambasadă (organization representing a foreign state) · pt embaixada (organization representing a foreign state) · sw ubalozi (organization representing a foreign state) · mt ambaxxata (organization representing a foreign state) · fr ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · hi प्रतिनिधिमंडल (organization representing a foreign state) · sk ambasáda (organization representing a foreign state) · hy դեսպանատուն (organization representing a foreign state) · te రాయభారము (organization representing a foreign state) · hi सिफ़ारतख़ाना (organization representing a foreign state) · sc imbassiada (organization representing a foreign state) · ur ایلْچی گَری (organization representing a foreign state) · tyv элчин чери (organization representing a foreign state) · ur سِفارَت خانَہ (organization representing a foreign state) · yi אַמבאַסאַדע (organization representing a foreign state) · uz elchixona (organization representing a foreign state) · kmr sefaret (organization representing a foreign state) · ms kedutaan (organization representing a foreign state) · sv ambassad (organization representing a foreign state) · tr elçilik (organization representing a foreign state) · gu દૂતાવાસ (organization representing a foreign state) · tr sefaret (organization representing a foreign state) · pl ambasada (organization representing a foreign state) · th สถานทูต (organization representing a foreign state) · el πρεσβεία (organization representing a foreign state) · lb Ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · lt ambasada (organization representing a foreign state) · kmr konsolosxane (organization representing a foreign state) · kmr balyozxane (organization representing a foreign state) · bg амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · gl embaixada (organization representing a foreign state) · eo ambasadorejo (organization representing a foreign state) · tt илчелек (organization representing a foreign state) · sh амбаса́да (organization representing a foreign state) · vi đại sứ quán (organization representing a foreign state) · sq ambasadë (organization representing a foreign state) · os минӕварад (organization representing a foreign state) · et suursaatkond (organization representing a foreign state) · be пасо́льства (organization representing a foreign state) · ko 대사관 (organization representing a foreign state) · hu nagykövetség (organization representing a foreign state) · am ኤምባሲ (organization representing a foreign state) · ml രാജപ്രതിനിധിയുടെ (organization representing a foreign state) · id kedutaan (organization representing a foreign state) · mn элчин яам (organization representing a foreign state) · grc πρεσβεία (organization representing a foreign state) · sh ambasáda (organization representing a foreign state) · mn элчин сайдын яам (organization representing a foreign state) · alt элчилик (organization representing a foreign state) · ps سفارت (organization representing a foreign state) · ka საელჩო (organization representing a foreign state) · fa-ira سِفارَتخانِه (organization representing a foreign state) · aii ܐܝܼܙܓܲܕܘܼܬܵܐ (organization representing a foreign state) · he שַׁגְרִירוּת (organization representing a foreign state) · se ambassáda (organization representing a foreign state) · ur سِفارَت (organization representing a foreign state) · nb ambassade (organization representing a foreign state) · tg сафорат (organization representing a foreign state) · is sendiráð (organization representing a foreign state) · hi एलचीगरी (organization representing a foreign state) · tg элчихона (organization representing a foreign state) · tg сафоратхона (organization representing a foreign state) · lo ສະຖານທູດ (organization representing a foreign state) · kn ರಾಯಭಾರ (organization representing a foreign state) · ca ambaixada (organization representing a foreign state) · tk ilçihana (organization representing a foreign state) · te రాయబార కార్యాలయం (organization representing a foreign state) · ug ئەلچىخانا (organization representing a foreign state) · acw سَفارة (organization representing a foreign state) · rm ambassada (organization representing a foreign state)

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