Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambassade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: am-bas-sade
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mission of an ambassador.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sir Henry Killigrew, after Ambaſſades and meſſages, and many other employments of peace and warre, in his Princes ſeruice, to the good of his Countrey, hath made choyce of a retyred eſtate"
"1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England […] thereupon the queen's majesty, trusting that the king of Spain was of the same mind, she did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]"

Etymology

From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ambassade

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ambassades (plural) embassade (alternative)

Questions

What does ambassade mean?: The mission of an ambassador.
Where does ambassade come from?: It is traced to French.

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