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envoy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/ (US)
• /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ (UK)
• (UK)
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• /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ (US)

Etymology

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

Meanings

1. A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
2. A representative.
   • In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed. 1887, W. P. Groeneveldt, “Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca”, in Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago, volume I, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 165:
   • special envoy to the United Nations
3. A diplomat.
4. A messenger.
5. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
   alt of envoi

Forms

Deriveds

envoyship · e-envoy

Synonyms

envoy extraordinary (diplomatic agent of second rank) · minister plenipotentiary (diplomatic agent of second rank)

Translations (114)

fi lähettiläs (diplomatic agent of second rank) · egy wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 (representative) · sq dërguar (representative) · tg сафир (representative) · tl legado (representative) · ga toscaire (representative) · sk vyslanec (representative) · yue 使者 (representative) · cs vyslanec (representative) · et saadik (representative) · fr envoyé (representative) · tr elçi (representative) · uk посла́нник (representative) · uz elchi (representative) · az elçi (representative) · ps ايلچي (representative) · ar رَسُول (representative) · el αντιπρόσωπος (representative) · he שַׁגְרִיר (representative) · ps استازی (representative) · sw mjumbe (representative) · fi edustaja (representative) · ro trimis (representative) · be пасла́ннік (representative) · fr émissaire (representative) · tl sugo (representative) · bg пра́теник (representative) · nb sendebud (representative) · te దూత (representative) · it inviata (representative) · ba илсе (representative) · sl odposlanec (representative) · ky элчи (representative) · nb sendemann (representative) · ro sol (representative) · mi karere (representative) · sh изасла̀нӣк (representative) · vi sứ giả (representative) · ota سفیر (representative) · lt pasiuntinys (representative) · kmr elçî (representative) · bn দূত (representative) · kk елші (representative) · it inviato (representative) · sa दूत (representative) · th ทูต (representative) · bo ཕོ་ཉ (representative) · tr elçi (diplomatic agent of second rank) · my သံတမန် (representative) · lo ທູດ (representative) · de Gesandter (diplomatic agent of second rank) · sv envoyé (representative) · vi công sứ (representative) · nl gezant (representative) · tk ilçi (representative) · hu követ (diplomatic agent of second rank) · sh pòslanīk (representative) · nan-hbl 使者 (representative) · ug ئەلچى (representative) · tt илче (representative) · ar وَزِير مُفَوَّض (representative) · da gesandt (representative) · ko 사자 (representative) · da sendebud (representative) · my သံ (representative) · pt enviado (representative) · de Gesandter (representative) · am መልእክተኛ (representative) · id utusan (representative) · km ប្រេសិត (representative) · pl wysłannik (representative) · sq lajmëtar (representative) · es enviado (representative) · ja 使者 (representative) · bg посла́ник (representative) · mn элч (representative) · ru посла́нник (representative) · mt mibgħut (representative) · lv sūtnis (representative) · vi phái viên (representative) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (representative) · fa-ira ایلْچی (representative) · sv sändebud (representative) · id duta (representative) · mk пратеник (representative) · de Gesandte (representative) · ms duta (representative) · ota ایلچی (representative) · ar مَبْعُوث (representative) · th รัฐทูต (diplomatic agent of second rank) · ur دُوت (representative) · sv sändebud (diplomatic agent of second rank) · pi dūta (representative) · tg фиристода (representative) · hi दूत (representative) · la lēgātus (representative) · kk уәкіл (representative) · hy դեսպանորդ (diplomatic agent of second rank) · sh izaslànīk (representative) · ru посла́нец (representative) · is sendimaður (representative) · da udsending (representative) · fa-ira فِرِسْتادِه (representative) · cmn 使者 (representative) · ka დესპანი (representative) · hy դեսպանորդ (representative) · sl poslanik (representative) · hu követ (representative) · km ទូត (representative) · ka დესპანი (diplomatic agent of second rank) · ur ایلْچی (representative) · sh по̀сланӣк (representative) · de Gesandte (diplomatic agent of second rank) · tg элчӣ (representative)