embassy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos
Gaulish ambaxtosder.
Old Occitan ambaissadabor.
Old Italian ambasciatader.
Old French ambascee
Middle French ambasseebor.
English ambassy
English embassy
Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) 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”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)). Doublet of ambassade.
Inflected forms:
form: embassies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ambassy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The function or duty of an ambassador.
pos: noun
examples: The King told me, […] That I ſhould have the Character of Ambaſſador Extraordinary, and the ſame Allovvance I ſhou'd have had in Spain: Upon this Offer I made no Demurr, but immediately accepted it, and ſo my Ambaſſy vvas declar'd in May 1674.
gloss: An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
pos: noun
examples: The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
gloss: A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
pos: noun
examples: The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.
Then go we in to know his embassy;
Which I could with a ready guess declare
Before the Frenchman speak a word of it.
gloss: The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
pos: noun
gloss: A written account as to an embassy.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]
Related words: ambassador
consulate
High Commission
Derived words: emb.
tent embassy
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: ambassade
lang: Albanian
word: ambasadë
lang: Southern Altai
word: элчилик
roman: elčilik
lang: Amharic
word: ኤምባሲ
roman: ʾembasi
lang: Arabic
word: سِفَارَة
roman: sifāra
lang: Arabic
word: سفارة
roman: sefāra
lang: Arabic
word: سَفارة
roman: safāra
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܝܼܙܓܲܕܘܼܬܵܐ
roman: īzgadūtā
lang: Armenian
word: դեսպանատուն
roman: despanatun
lang: Asturian
word: embaxada
lang: Avar
word: посольство
roman: posolʲstʷo
lang: Azerbaijani
word: səfirlik
lang: Azerbaijani
word: elçilik
lang: Belarusian
word: амбаса́да
roman: ambasáda
lang: Belarusian
word: пасо́льства
roman: pasólʹstva
lang: Bengali
word: দূতাবাস
roman: dutabaś
lang: Bulgarian
word: посо́лство
roman: posólstvo
lang: Bulgarian
word: амбаса́да
roman: ambasáda
lang: Burmese
word: သံ
roman: sam
lang: Burmese
word: သံရုံး
roman: sam-rum:
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: посо́лство
roman: posólstvo
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: амбаса́да
roman: ambasáda
lang: Catalan
word: ambaixada
lang: Chechen
word: векалалла
roman: vekalalla
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 大使館 /大使馆
roman: daai⁶ si³ gun² / daai⁶ si⁵ gun²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 大使館 /大使馆
roman: dàshǐguǎn
lang: Czech
word: velvyslanectví
lang: Czech
word: ambasáda
lang: Danish
word: ambassade
lang: Dutch
word: ambassade
lang: Esperanto
word: ambasadorejo
lang: Esperanto
word: ambasado
lang: Estonian
word: suursaatkond
lang: Estonian
word: saatkond
lang: Faroese
word: sendistova
lang: Finnish
word: suurlähetystö
lang: French
word: ambassade
lang: Galician
word: embaixada
lang: Gallurese
word: imbasciada
lang: Georgian
word: საელჩო
roman: saelčo
lang: German
word: Botschaft
lang: Greek
word: πρεσβεία
roman: presveía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρεσβεία
roman: presbeía
lang: Greenlandic
word: ambassade
lang: Gujarati
word: દૂતાવાસ
roman: dūtāvās
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻemepake
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׁגְרִירוּת
roman: shagrirút
lang: Hindi
word: दूतावास
roman: dūtāvās
lang: Hindi
word: राजदूतावास
roman: rājdūtāvās
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिनिधिमंडल
roman: pratinidhimaṇḍal
lang: Hindi
word: सिफ़ारत
roman: sifārat
lang: Hindi
word: सिफारत
roman: siphārat
lang: Hindi
word: सिफ़ारतख़ाना
roman: sifāratxānā
lang: Hindi
word: सिफारतखाना
roman: siphāratkhānā
lang: Hindi
word: एलचीगरी
roman: elcīgarī
lang: Hungarian
word: nagykövetség
lang: Icelandic
word: sendiráð
lang: Ido
word: ambasado
lang: Indonesian
word: kedutaan besar
lang: Indonesian
word: kedutaan
lang: Irish
word: ambasáid
lang: Italian
word: ambasciata
lang: Japanese
word: 大使館
roman: taishikan
lang: Kannada
word: ರಾಯಭಾರ
roman: rāyabhāra
lang: Kazakh
word: елшілік
roman: elşılık
lang: Khmer
word: ស្ថានទូត
roman: sthaan tuut
lang: Khmer
word: រដ្ឋទូត
roman: rŏətthaʼtuut
lang: Korean
word: 대사관
roman: daesagwan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sefaret
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: balyozxane
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ambasad
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: konsolosxane
lang: Kyrgyz
word: элчилик
roman: elcilik
lang: Lao
word: ສະຖານທູດ
roman: sa thān thūt
lang: Latin
word: lēgātio
lang: Latvian
word: vēstniecība
lang: Lithuanian
word: ambasada
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Ambassade
lang: Macedonian
word: амбаса́да
roman: ambasáda
lang: Malagasy
word: ambasady
lang: Malay
word: kedutaan
lang: Malayalam
word: രാജപ്രതിനിധിയുടെ
roman: rājapratinidhiyuṭe
lang: Maltese
word: ambaxxata
lang: Māori
word: whare māngai
lang: Māori
word: kāinga māngai
lang: Mongolian
word: элчин сайдын яам
roman: elčin sajdyn jaam
lang: Mongolian
word: элчин яам
roman: elčin jaam
lang: Norman
word: ambassade
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ambassade
lang: Ossetian
word: минӕварад
roman: minævarad
lang: Pashto
word: سفارت
roman: safārat, səfārat
lang: Pashto
word: سفارتخانه
roman: sefāratxāna
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سِفارَت
roman: sefârat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سِفارَتخانِه
roman: sefârat-xâne
lang: Polish
word: ambasada
lang: Portuguese
word: embaixada
lang: Romanian
word: ambasadă
lang: Romansh
word: ambassada
lang: Russian
word: посо́льство
roman: posólʹstvo
lang: Northern Sami
word: ambassáda
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: imbasciada
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: imbassiada
lang: Sardinian
word: imbassiada
lang: Sassarese
word: imbasciada
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: амбаса́да
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: велепосла́нство
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ambasáda
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: veleposlánstvo
lang: Sicilian
word: mmasciata
lang: Sindhi
word: سفارت
roman: sifârat
lang: Slovak
word: veľvyslanectvo
lang: Slovak
word: ambasáda
lang: Slovene
word: veleposlaništvo
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wulkopósłanstwo
lang: Spanish
word: embajada
lang: Swahili
word: ubalozi
lang: Swedish
word: ambassad
lang: Tagalog
word: pasuguan
lang: Tagalog
word: embahada
lang: Tajik
word: сафорат
roman: saforat
lang: Tajik
word: сафоратхона
roman: saforatxona
lang: Tajik
word: элчихона
roman: elčixona
lang: Tamil
word: தூதரகம்
roman: tūtarakam
lang: Tatar
word: илчелек
roman: ilçelek
lang: Telugu
word: రాయబార కార్యాలయం
roman: rāyabāra kāryālayaṁ
lang: Telugu
word: రాయభారము
roman: rāyabhāramu
lang: Telugu
word: రాయబారము
roman: rāyabāramu
lang: Thai
word: สถานทูต
roman: sà-tǎan-tûut
lang: Thai
word: สถานเอกอัครราชทูต
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኤምባሲ
roman: ʾembasi
lang: Turkish
word: sefarethane
lang: Turkish
word: elçilik
lang: Turkish
word: sefaret
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سفارت
roman: sefâret
lang: Turkmen
word: ilçihana
lang: Turkmen
word: saforat
lang: Tuvan
word: элчин чери
roman: elçin çeri
lang: Ukrainian
word: посо́льство
roman: posólʹstvo
lang: Ukrainian
word: амбаса́да
roman: ambasáda
lang: Urdu
word: سِفارَت خانَہ
roman: sifārat xāna
lang: Urdu
word: سِفارَت
roman: sifārat
lang: Urdu
word: ایلْچی گَری
roman: elcī garī
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەلچىخانا
roman: elchixana
lang: Uzbek
word: elchixona
lang: Uzbek
word: saforat
lang: Vietnamese
word: tòa đại sứ
lang: Vietnamese
word: đại sứ quán
lang: Welsh
word: llysgenhadaeth
lang: Yiddish
word: אַמבאַסאַדע
roman: ambasade