English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English ambassadore Anglo-Norman ambassadeur Old Italian ambassadore Old Occitan ambaisador ( “ ambassador ” ) , derivative of ambaissa ( “ service, mission, errand ” ) , from Medieval Latin ambasiator Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 ( andbahti “ service, function ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją ( “ service, office ” ) , derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz ( “ servant ” ) , from Gaulish ambaxtos Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- ( “ drive around ” ) , from *h₂m̥bʰi- ( “ around ” ) + *h₂eǵ- ( “ to drive ” ) .
Displaced native Old English ǣrendraca
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
( US ) IPA (key ) : /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/ , /æmˈbæs.əˌdɔɹ/ ambassador (plural ambassadors
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence )
1982 Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes: French Diplomacy in the Age of Revolution, 1719-1787 :Vergenne'fury reached its height when the priest tried to involve the English ambassador .
An official messenger and representative.
1856 Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268 [1] →OCLC 294 :The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
A corporate representative , often the public face of the company.
As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.
( sports ) 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 .Usage notes [ edit ] In English the preferred construction is (Nationality) ambassador to (Country) (the French ambassador to the United States ) or ambassador of (Sending Country) to (Receiving Country) (the ambassador of France to the United States ). Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] minister
Afrikaans: ambassadeur
Arabic: سَفِير m ( safīr ) , سَفِيرَة f ( safīra )
Egyptian Arabic: سفير m ( safīr )
Armenian: դեսպան (hy) ( despan )
Asturian: embaxador m embaxadora f
Bulgarian: пра́теник (bg) m ( prátenik ) , пра́теница f ( prátenica )
Catalan: ambaixador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大使 (zh) ( dàshǐ )
Coptic: ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ m ( presbeutēs )
Czech: velvyslanec (cs) m
Danish: ambassadør (da) c
Dutch: ambassadeur (nl) m
Finnish: suurlähettiläs (fi)
French: ambassadeur (fr) m ambassadrice (fr) f
Galician: embaixador m embaixadora f
German: Botschafter (de) m
Greek: πρέσβης (el) m ( présvis )
Ancient: πρεσβεύς m ( presbeús ) , πρεσβευτής m ( presbeutḗs )
Gujarati: રાજદૂત ( rājdūt )
Hebrew: שַׁגְרִיר (he) m ( shagrír ) , שגרירה f ( shagrira )
Hindi: दूत (hi) m ( dūt ) , राजदूत (hi) m ( rājdūt )
Hungarian: nagykövet (hu)
Icelandic: sendiherra m ( dated ) ambassadör
Indonesian: duta (id)
Irish: ambasadóir m
Italian: ambasciatore (it) m ambasciatrice (it) f
Japanese: 大使 (ja) ( たいし, taishi )
Khmer: ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត ( ʼaek ʼakkĕəʼrŏətthaʼtuut ) , ទូត (km) ( tuut )
Korean: 대사(大使) (ko) ( daesa )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بالیۆز ( balyoz )
Northern Kurdish: sefîr (ku) , ambasador (ku)
Kyrgyz: элчи (ky) ( elci )
Latin: lēgātus (la) m
Macedonian: амбаса́дор m ( ambasádor ) , амбасадорка f ( ambasadorka )
Malay: duta (ms)
Jawi: دوتا
Maltese: ambaxxatur
Navajo: naalchiʼí
Norman: ambassadeu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ambassadør (no) m
Nynorsk: ambassadør m
Occitan: ambaissador (oc) m ambaissairitz (oc) f
Odia: ଦୁତ ( dutô )
Old English: ǣrendraca m
Ottoman Turkish: ایلجی ( ilçi ) , سفیر ( sefir )
Persian: سفیر (fa) ( safir ) , آمباسادور ( âmbâsâdor ) , ایلچی (fa) ( ilči ) ( obsolete )
Polish: ambasador (pl) m ambasadorka f
Portuguese: embaixador (pt) m embaixadora (pt) f
Romanian: ambasador (ro) m ambasadoare f
Russian: посо́л (ru) m ( posól )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: амба̀са̄дор m велепосла̀нӣк m ( Croatia ) , велепо̀сланица f ( Croatia )
Roman: ambàsādor (sh) m veleposlànīk (sh) m ( Croatia ) , velepòslanica (sh) f ( Croatia )
Slovene: veleposlanik (sl) m ambasador (sl) m
Sotho: moambasadara
Spanish: embajador (es) m embajadora (es) f
Swahili: balozi (sw)
Swedish: ambassadör (sv) c
Tagalog: sugo embahador (tl)
Turkish: büyükelçi (tr)
Urdu: سفیر m ( safīr ) , وزیر (ur) m ( vazīr )
representative
Afrikaans: ambassadeur
Albanian: ambasador (sq) m
Amharic: አምባሳደር ( ʾämbasadär )
Arabic: سَفِير m ( safīr ) , سَفِيرَة f ( safīra )
Armenian: դեսպան (hy) ( despan )
Azerbaijani: səfir (az) , elçi Cyrillic: сәфир
Persic: سفیر
Belarusian: пасо́л m ( pasól ) , амбаса́дар m ( ambasádar ) , амбаса́дарка f ( ambasádarka )
Bengali: রাষ্ট্রদূত (bn) ( raśṭrodut )
Bulgarian: посла́ник (bg) m ( poslánik ) , посла́ничка f ( poslánička ) , посо́л m ( posól ) ( dated, literary )
Burmese: သံအမတ်ကြီး ( sam-a.matkri: ) , သံအမတ် (my) ( sam-a.mat )
Chechen: векал ( vekal )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大使 ( daai6 si3 )
Dungan: дашы ( dašɨ )
Hakka: 大使 ( thai-sṳ́ )
Hokkien: 大使 ( tāi-sài )
Mandarin: 大使 (zh) ( dàshǐ )
Coptic: ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ m ( presbeutēs )
Czech: velvyslanec (cs) m velvyslankyně (cs) f
Danish: ambassadør (da) c
Dutch: gezant (nl) m ambassadeur (nl) m ambassadrice (nl) f
Esperanto: ambasadoro (eo) ( male ) , ambasadorino ( female )
Estonian: suursaadik
Finnish: lähettiläs (fi)
French: ambassadeur (fr) m ambassadrice (fr) f
Georgian: ელჩი (ka) ( elči )
German: Botschafter (de) m Botschafterin (de) f
Greek: πρεσβευτής (el) m ( presveftís ) , πρεσβευτίνα f ( presveftína )
Gujarati: એલચી (gu) ( elacī ) , રાજદૂત m ( rājdūt )
Hebrew: שַׁגְרִיר (he) m ( shagrír )
Hindi: दूत (hi) m ( dūt ) , राजदूत (hi) m ( rājdūt ) , एलची (hi) m ( elcī ) , सफीर (hi) m ( saphīr ) , नुमाइंदा (hi) m ( numāindā ) , प्रतिनिधि (hi) m ( pratinidhi )
Hungarian: nagykövet (hu)
Icelandic: sendiherra m
Ido: ambasadisto (io)
Indonesian: duta besar (id) , duta (id)
Irish: ambasadóir m
Italian: ambasciatore (it) m
Japanese: 大使 (ja) ( たいし, taishi )
Kannada: ರಾಯಭಾರಿ (kn) ( rāyabhāri )
Kazakh: елші ( elşı )
Khmer: ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូត ( ʼaek ʼakkĕəʼrŏətthaʼtuut ) , ទូត (km) ( tuut )
Korean: 대사(大使) (ko) ( daesa )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: balyoz (ku) , sefîr (ku) , ambasador (ku)
Kyrgyz: элчи (ky) ( elci )
Lao: ທູດ ( thūt )
Latin: legatus (la) m
Latvian: vēstnieks m vēstniece f
Lithuanian: ambasadorius m ambasadorė f
Macedonian: амбаса́дор m ( ambasádor ) , амбасадорка f ( ambasadorka )
Malay: duta (ms) , duta besar (ms)
Maori: māngai māngai kāwanatanga
Marathi: राजदूत ( rājdūt )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: элчин сайд ( elčin sajd )
Moore: tẽn-taag lɛta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ambassadør (no) m
Odia: ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରଦୂତ ( raṣṭrôdutô )
Old East Slavic: посълъ m ( posŭlŭ )
Old English: ǣrendraca m
Ottoman Turkish: سفیر ( sefir )
Pashto: سفير (ps) m ( safír ) , ايلچي m ( ilčí )
Persian: سفیر (fa) ( safir )
Polish: ambasador (pl) m ambasadorka f
Portuguese: embaixador (pt) m representante (pt) m or f
Romanian: ambasador (ro) m reprezentant (ro) m
Russian: посо́л (ru) m ( posól )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: амба̀са̄дор m велепосла̀нӣк m ( Croatia ) , велепо̀сланица f ( Croatia ) , изасла̀нӣк m
Roman: ambàsādor (sh) m veleposlànīk (sh) m ( Croatia ) , velepòslanica (sh) f ( Croatia ) , izaslànīk (sh)
Shor: элчи ( elçi )
Sinhalese: තානාපති ( tānāpati )
Slovak: veľvyslanec m veľvyslankyňa f
Slovene: veleposlanik (sl) m ambasador (sl) m veleposlanica f ambasadorka f
Southern Altai: элчи ( elči )
Spanish: embajador (es) m embajadora (es) f
Swahili: balozi (sw)
Swedish: ambassadör (sv) c
Tajik: сафир ( safir ) , элчӣ (tg) ( elčī )
Tatar: илче (tt) ( ilçe )
Thai: ทูต (th) ( tûut )
Tibetan: གཞུང་ཚབ ( gzhung tshab )
Tigrinya: ኣምባስደር ( ʾambasdär )
Turkish: elçi (tr) , büyükelçi (tr)
Turkmen: ilçi Cyrillic: илчи
Tuvan: элчин ( elçin )
Ukrainian: посо́л m ( posól ) , посо́лка f ( posólka )
Urdu: سفیر m ( safīr ) , ایلچی m ( ēlcī ) , نمائندہ m ( numāīnda )
Uyghur: ئەلچى ( elchi )
Uzbek: elchi (uz)
Cyrillic: әлчи
Vietnamese: đại sứ (vi) (大使
Welsh: llysgennad m
Yiddish: אַמבאַסאַדאָר m ( ambasador )
Zhuang: dasij
See also [ edit ] 