ambasade

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See also: ambasadë

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch ambassade, from French ambassade, from Middle French ambassade, ambaxade, 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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ambaˈsadə/
  • Hyphenation: am‧ba‧sa‧dé

Noun

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ambasade or ambasadé

  1. embassy, the official residence of such an embassy, or of an ambassador.

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Further reading

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