embassy

CEFRB1

/ˈɛmbəsi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The official building and staff representing one country in another.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.

Examples

  • A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy.

  • My sister works at the United States Embassy in London.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The function or duty of an ambassador.

  3. The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.

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In context

  • The embassy denied political asylum to foreign refugees.

  • The American embassy to France is located in Paris.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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...