embassy (redirected from embassies)

em·bas·sy  (mb-s)

n. pl. em·bas·sies

1. A building containing the offices of an ambassador and staff.

2. The position, function, or assignment of an ambassador.

3. A mission to a foreign government headed by an ambassador.

4. A staff of diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador.

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[Variant of ambassy, office or function of an ambassador, from obsolete French ambassée, from Medieval Latin ambactita; see embassage.]

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embassy [ˈɛmbəsɪ]

n pl -sies

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the residence or place of official business of an ambassador

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an ambassador and his entourage collectively

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the position, business, or mission of an ambassador

4. any important or official mission, duty, etc., esp one undertaken by an agent

[from Old French ambassee, from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Provençal ambaisada, ultimately of Germanic origin; see ambassador]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	embassy - a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work diplomatic building - government building in which diplomats live or work
	2.	embassy - an ambassador and his entourage collectively delegation, deputation, delegacy, commission, mission - a group of representatives or delegates High Commission - an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another

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embassy

noun consulate, ministry, delegation, legation The American Embassy has already made a formal complaint.

Translations

embassy [ˈembəsɪ] N → embajada f
the British Embassy in Rome → la embajada británica en Roma
the Spanish Embassy → la embajada de España

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embassy [ˈɛmbəsi]

n → ambassade f
the French Embassy → l'ambassade de France
the British Embassy → l'ambassade de Grande-Bretagne

modif [building, compound, employee, official, staff] → de l'ambassade

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embassy

n → Botschaft f

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embassy [ˈɛmbəsɪ] n → ambasciata
the Italian Embassy → l'ambasciata italiana

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embassy [ˈɛmbəsɪ] n → ambasciata
the Italian Embassy → l'ambasciata italiana

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embassy

n embassy [ˈembəsi]

(the official residence of) an ambassador and his staff the American embassy in London. ambassade, gesantskapsgebou سَفارَه посолство velvyslanectví ambassade die Botschaft πρεσβεία embajada suursaatkond سفارتخانه suurlähetystö ambassade שַגרִירוּת राजदूतावास veleposlanstvo nagykövetség kedutaan sendiráð ambasciata 大使館 대사관 ambasada vēstniecība kedutaan ambassade ambassade ambasada embaixada am­­­basadă посольство veľvyslanectvo (vele)poslaništvo ambasada ambassad สถานฑุต elçilik 大使館 посольство سفارت خانہ đại sứ quán 大使馆

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embassy → سِفارة velvyslanectví ambassade Botschaft πρεσβεία embajada suurlähetystö ambassade veleposlanstvo ambasciata 大使館 대사관 ambassade ambassade ambasada embaixada посольство ambassad สถานฑูต elçilik đại sứ quán 大使馆