ambassade.
an embassy; a diplomatic delegation or mission headed by an ambassador, especially one sent on a particular mission
Meaning & usage
an embassy; a diplomatic delegation or mission headed by an ambassador, especially one sent on a particular mission
Kongen mottok en ambassade fra nabolandet.
an embassy; a country's permanent diplomatic mission in another country, headed by an ambassador
Hun arbeider ved den norske ambassaden i Stockholm.
an embassy; a country's permanent diplomatic mission in another country, headed by an ambassador the offices or building in which such a diplomatic mission is based
Demonstrantene samlet seg utenfor ambassaden.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí Proto-Celtic *ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Celtic *ageti Proto-Celtic *-tos Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosder. Old Occitan ambaissadabor. Old Italian ambasciatabor. Old French ambassade Middle French ambassade French ambassadebor. Norwegian Bokmål ambassade Borrowed from French ambassade (“embassy”), from Middle French ambassade, from Old French ambassade, from Old Italian ambasciata (“diplomatic mission”), from Old Occitan ambaissada (“embassy”), ultimately from Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal, high-ranking servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰí (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ambassade, Danish ambassade, Swedish ambassad, Dutch ambassade, Polish ambasada and Lithuanian ambasadà (“embassy”).
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