ambassador
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Displaced native Old English ǣrendraca.
Inflected forms:
form: ambassadors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ambassadour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: embassadour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: embassador
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
pos: noun
examples: Vergenne'fury reached its height when the priest tried to involve the English ambassador.
gloss: An official messenger and representative.
pos: noun
examples: The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
gloss: A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
pos: noun
examples: As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.
gloss: A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
pos: noun
Related words: embassy
consul
high commissioner
Derived words: amb.
ambassadonor
ambassador animal
ambassador-at-large
ambassadorial
ambassadorless
ambassadorship
ambassadress
ambassadrix
ambassadry
coambassador
glambassador
goodwill ambassador
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: ambassadeur
lang: Albanian
word: ambasador
lang: Southern Altai
word: элчи
roman: elči
lang: Amharic
word: አምባሳደር
roman: ʾämbasadär
lang: Arabic
word: سَفِير
roman: safīr
lang: Arabic
word: سَفِيرَة
roman: safīra
lang: Armenian
word: դեսպան
roman: despan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: səfir
lang: Azerbaijani
word: elçi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: سفیر
lang: Azerbaijani
word: сәфир
lang: Belarusian
word: пасо́л
roman: pasól
lang: Belarusian
word: амбаса́дар
roman: ambasádar
lang: Belarusian
word: амбаса́дарка
roman: ambasádarka
lang: Bengali
word: রাষ্ট্রদূত
roman: raśṭrodut
lang: Bulgarian
word: посла́ник
roman: poslánik
lang: Bulgarian
word: посла́ничка
roman: poslánička
lang: Bulgarian
word: посо́л
roman: posól
lang: Burmese
word: သံအမတ်ကြီး
roman: sam-a.matkri:
lang: Burmese
word: သံအမတ်
roman: sam-a.mat
lang: Chechen
word: векал
roman: vekal
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 大使
roman: daai⁶ si³
lang: Chinese
word: дашы
roman: dašɨ
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 大使
roman: thai-sṳ́
lang: Chinese
word: 大使
roman: tāi-sài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 大使
roman: dàshǐ
lang: Coptic
word: ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ
roman: presbeutēs
lang: Czech
word: velvyslanec
lang: Czech
word: velvyslankyně
lang: Danish
word: ambassadør
lang: Dutch
word: gezant
lang: Dutch
word: ambassadeur
lang: Dutch
word: ambassadrice
lang: Esperanto
word: ambasadoro
lang: Esperanto
word: ambasadorino
lang: Estonian
word: suursaadik
lang: Finnish
word: lähettiläs
lang: French
word: ambassadeur
lang: French
word: ambassadrice
lang: Georgian
word: ელჩი
roman: elči
lang: German
word: Botschafter
lang: German
word: Botschafterin
lang: Greek
word: πρεσβευτής
roman: presveftís
lang: Greek
word: πρεσβευτίνα
roman: presveftína
lang: Gujarati
word: એલચી
roman: elacī
lang: Gujarati
word: રાજદૂત
roman: rājdūt
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׁגְרִיר
roman: shagrír
lang: Hindi
word: दूत
roman: dūt
lang: Hindi
word: राजदूत
roman: rājdūt
lang: Hindi
word: एलची
roman: elcī
lang: Hindi
word: सफीर
roman: saphīr
lang: Hindi
word: नुमाइंदा
roman: numāindā
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिनिधि
roman: pratinidhi
lang: Hungarian
word: nagykövet
lang: Icelandic
word: sendiherra
lang: Ido
word: ambasadisto
lang: Indonesian
word: duta besar
lang: Indonesian
word: duta
lang: Irish
word: ambasadóir
lang: Italian
word: ambasciatore
lang: Japanese
word: 大使
roman: taishi
lang: Kannada
word: ರಾಯಭಾರಿ
roman: rāyabhāri
lang: Kazakh
word: елші
roman: elşı
lang: Khmer
word: ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត
roman: ʼaekʼakkĕəʼrŏətthaʼtuut
lang: Khmer
word: ទូត
roman: tuut
lang: Korean
word: 대사
roman: daesa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: balyoz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sefîr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ambasador
lang: Kyrgyz
word: элчи
roman: elci
lang: Lao
word: ທູດ
roman: thūt
lang: Latin
word: legatus
lang: Latvian
word: vēstnieks
lang: Latvian
word: vēstniece
lang: Lithuanian
word: ambasadorius
lang: Lithuanian
word: ambasadorė
lang: Macedonian
word: амбаса́дор
roman: ambasádor
lang: Macedonian
word: амбасадорка
roman: ambasadorka
lang: Malay
word: duta
lang: Malay
word: duta besar
lang: Māori
word: māngai
lang: Māori
word: māngai kāwanatanga
lang: Marathi
word: राजदूत
roman: rājdūt
lang: Mongolian
word: элчин сайд
roman: elčin sajd
lang: Moore
word: tẽn-taag lɛta
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ambassadør
lang: Odia
word: ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରଦୂତ
roman: rāṣṭraduta
lang: Old East Slavic
word: посълъ
roman: posŭlŭ
lang: Old English
word: ǣrendraca
lang: Pashto
word: سفير
roman: safír
lang: Pashto
word: ايلچي
roman: ilčí
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سَفیر
roman: safir
lang: Polish
word: ambasador
lang: Polish
word: ambasadorka
lang: Portuguese
word: embaixador
lang: Portuguese
word: representante
lang: Romanian
word: ambasador
lang: Romanian
word: reprezentant
lang: Russian
word: посо́л
roman: posól
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: амба̀са̄дор
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: велепосла̀нӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: велепо̀сланица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: изасла̀нӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ambàsādor
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: veleposlànīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: velepòslanica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: izaslànīk
lang: Shor
word: элчи
roman: elçi
lang: Sicilian
word: mmasciaturi
lang: Sinhalese
word: තානාපති
roman: tānāpati
lang: Slovak
word: veľvyslanec
lang: Slovak
word: veľvyslankyňa
lang: Slovene
word: veleposlanik
lang: Slovene
word: ambasador
lang: Slovene
word: veleposlanica
lang: Slovene
word: ambasadorka
lang: Spanish
word: embajador
lang: Spanish
word: embajadora
lang: Swahili
word: balozi
lang: Swedish
word: ambassadör
lang: Tajik
word: сафир
roman: safir
lang: Tajik
word: элчӣ
roman: elči
lang: Tatar
word: илче
roman: ilçe
lang: Thai
word: ทูต
roman: tûut
lang: Tibetan
word: གཞུང་ཚབ
roman: gzhung tshab
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኣምባስደር
roman: ʾambasdär
lang: Turkish
word: elçi
lang: Turkish
word: büyükelçi
lang: Turkish
word: sefir
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ایلچی
roman: elçi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سفیر
roman: sefir
lang: Turkmen
word: ilçi
lang: Turkmen
word: илчи
lang: Tuvan
word: элчин
roman: elçin
lang: Ukrainian
word: посо́л
roman: posól
lang: Ukrainian
word: посо́лка
roman: posólka
lang: Urdu
word: سَفِیر
roman: safīr
lang: Urdu
word: ایلْچی
roman: elcī
lang: Urdu
word: نُمائِنْدَہ
roman: numāinda
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەلچى
roman: elchi
lang: Uzbek
word: elchi
lang: Uzbek
word: әлчи
lang: Vietnamese
word: đại sứ
lang: Welsh
word: llysgennad
lang: Yiddish
word: אַמבאַסאַדאָר
roman: ambasador
lang: Zhuang
word: dasij