ambasade

See also: ambasadë

Albanian

Noun

ambasade

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of ambasadë

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ambassade, from French ambassade, from Middle French ambassade, ambaxade, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambaˈsadə/
• Hyphenation: am‧ba‧sa‧dé

Noun

ambasadé (plural ambasade-ambasade)

1. embassy, the official residence of such an embassy, or of an ambassador

   Synonym: kedutaan

Further reading

• “ambasade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.