ambassade

== English == === Alternative forms === embassade === Etymology === From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy. === Noun === ambassade (plural ambassades) (obsolete) The mission of an ambassador. (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) embassy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ambassaderåd c ambassadør c ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: ambassade === Further reading === “ambassade” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑm.bɑˈsaː.də/ 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) an embassy, diplomatic legation to permanently represent a foreign state at (the highest) embassador's level an ambassadorial mission 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) (obsolete) an envoy, spokesman == French == === Etymology === From Middle French ambassade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ba.sad/ === Noun === ambassade f (plural ambassades) an embassy, diplomatic representation in a foreign state, notably headed by an ambassador ==== Derived terms ==== conseiller d'ambassade m ==== Related terms ==== ambassadeur m ==== Descendants ==== === 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) 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) (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) 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) an embassy ==== Related terms ==== ambassadør === References === “ambassade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.