ambassade

• embassade

From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.

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 […]

• “ambassade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

• Rhymes: -aːdə

ambassade c (singular definite ambassaden, plural indefinite ambassader)

1. embassy

• ambassaderåd c
• ambassadør c

• → Greenlandic: ambassade

• “ambassade” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.bɑˈsaː.də/

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• Hyphenation: am‧bas‧sa‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

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

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

• ambassadeur m
• ambassadepersoneel n
• ambassaderaad m
• ambassadoriaal m

• Afrikaans: ambassade
• → Caribbean Javanese: ambasadhe
• → Indonesian: ambasade

From ambassaat, influenced by the above and ambassadeur.

ambassade m (plural ambassaden, diminutive ambassaatje n)

1. (obsolete) an envoy, spokesman

From Middle French ambassade.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ba.sad/

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ambassade f (plural ambassades)

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

• conseiller d'ambassade m

• ambassadeur m

• “ambassade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

ambassade f (plural ambassades)

1. embassy (temporary mission representing a sovereign state)

• French: ambassade (see there for further descendants)

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

Borrowed from French ambassade.

ambassade f (plural ambassades)

1. (Jersey) embassy

• ambassadeu (“ambassador”)

From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

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

1. an embassy

• ambassadør

• → Northern Sami: ambassáda

• “ambassade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

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

1. an embassy

• ambassadør

• “ambassade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.