ambassadeur

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ambassadeur, from Middle French ambassadeur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑm.bɑ.saːˈdøːr/ Hyphenation: am‧bas‧sa‧deur Rhymes: -øːr === Noun === ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeuren or ambassadeurs, diminutive ambassadeurtje n, feminine ambassadrice) ambassador Synonym: gezant ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ambassadeur → Caribbean Javanese: ambasadhir == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French ambassadeur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ba.sa.dœʁ/ Rhymes: -œʁ === Noun === ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeurs, feminine ambassadrice) ambassador ==== Usage notes ==== Formally, a female ambassador in her own right was "Madame l'Ambassadeur", while the ambassador's wife was "Madame l'Ambassadrice". This use is now dated. === Further reading === “ambassadeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French ambassadeur. === Noun === ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeurs) ambassador ==== Descendants ==== French: ambassadeur == Old French == === Etymology === First known attestation circa 1190. From Old Italian ambassatore, ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), from Latin ambasiātor. === Noun === ambassadeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural ambassadeurs, nominative singular ambassadeurs, nominative plural ambassadeur) ambassador ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: ambassadeurFrench: ambassadeur === References ===