ambassade

See also: Ambassade

English

Alternative forms

• embassade

Etymology

From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.

Noun

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 […]

References

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

ambassade c (singular definite ambassaden, plural indefinite ambassader)

1. embassy

Declension

Declension of ambassade

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ambassade	ambassaden	ambassader	ambassaderne
genitive	ambassades	ambassadens	ambassaders	ambassadernes

Derived terms

• ambassaderåd c
• ambassadør c

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: ambassade

Further reading

• “ambassade” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.bɑˈsaː.də/

• Audio:

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From ambassaat, influenced by the above and ambassadeur.

Noun

ambassade m (plural ambassaden, diminutive ambassaatje n)

1. (obsolete) an envoy, spokesman

French

Etymology

From Middle French ambassade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ba.sad/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ambassade f (plural ambassades)

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

Derived terms

• conseiller d’ambassade m

Related terms

• ambassadeur m

Descendants

• → Albanian: ambasadë
• → Belarusian: амбасада (ambasada)
• → Czech: ambásada
• → Danish: ambassade
  • → Greenlandic: ambassade
• → Dutch: ambassade
  • Afrikaans: ambassade
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ambasadhe
  • → Indonesian: ambasade
• → English: ambassade
• → Irish: ambasáid
• → Northern Kurdish: ambasad
• → Lithuanian: ambasada
• → Luxembourgish: Ambassade
• → Macedonian: амбасада (ambasada)
• → Malagasy: ambasady
• → Norman: ambassade
• → Norwegian: ambassade
  • → Northern Sami: ambassáda
• → Polish: ambasada
• → Romanian: ambasadă
• → Romansch: ambassada
• → Serbo-Croatian: ambasada / амбасада
• → Slovak: ambasáda
• → Swedish: ambassad
• → Yiddish: אַמבאַסאַדע (ambasade)

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

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

Noun

ambassade f (plural ambassades)

1. embassy (temporary mission representing a sovereign state)

Descendants

• French: ambassade (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambassade.

Noun

ambassade f (plural ambassades)

1. (Jersey) embassy

Related terms

• ambassadeu (“ambassador”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

Noun

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

1. an embassy

Related terms

• ambassadør

Descendants

• → Northern Sami: ambassáda

References

• “ambassade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ambactus, via French ambassade.

Noun

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

1. an embassy

Related terms

• ambassadør

References

• “ambassade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.