ambassador
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
- An official messenger and representative.
- A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
- 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.
Pronunciation
/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/
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/æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/
/æmˈbæs.əˌdɔɹ/
Word forms
ambassador
ambassadors
ambassadour
embassadour
embassador
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.
Translations
Afrikaans: ambassadeur
Albanian: ambasador
Southern Altai: элчи
Amharic: አምባሳደር
Arabic: سَفِير
Arabic: سَفِيرَة
Armenian: դեսպան
Azerbaijani: səfir
Azerbaijani: elçi
Azerbaijani: سفیر
Azerbaijani: сәфир
Belarusian: пасо́л
Belarusian: амбаса́дар
Belarusian: амбаса́дарка
Bengali: রাষ্ট্রদূত
Bulgarian: посла́ник
Bulgarian: посла́ничка
Bulgarian: посо́л
Burmese: သံအမတ်ကြီး
Burmese: သံအမတ်
Chechen: векал
Chinese Cantonese: 大使
Chinese: дашы
Chinese: 大使
Hakka Chinese: 大使
Chinese Mandarin: 大使
Coptic: ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ
Czech: velvyslanec
Czech: velvyslankyně
Danish: ambassadør
Dutch: gezant
Dutch: ambassadeur
Dutch: ambassadrice
Esperanto: ambasadoro
Esperanto: ambasadorino
Estonian: suursaadik
Finnish: lähettiläs
French: ambassadeur
French: ambassadrice
Georgian: ელჩი
German: Botschafter
German: Botschafterin
Greek: πρεσβευτής
Greek: πρεσβευτίνα
Gujarati: એલચી
Gujarati: રાજદૂત
Hebrew: שַׁגְרִיר
Hindi: दूत
Hindi: राजदूत
Hindi: एलची
Hindi: सफीर
Hindi: नुमाइंदा
Hindi: प्रतिनिधि
Hungarian: nagykövet
Icelandic: sendiherra
Ido: ambasadisto
Indonesian: duta besar
Indonesian: duta
Irish: ambasadóir
Italian: ambasciatore
Japanese: 大使
Kannada: ರಾಯಭಾರಿ
Kazakh: елші
Khmer: ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត
Khmer: ទូត
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