ambassadeur

From Middle Dutch ambassadeur, from Middle French ambassadeur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.bɑ.saːˈdøːr/

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• Hyphenation: am‧bas‧sa‧deur
• Rhymes: -øːr

ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeuren or ambassadeurs, diminutive ambassadeurtje n, feminine ambassadrice)

1. ambassador

   Synonym: gezant

• Afrikaans: ambassadeur
• → Caribbean Javanese: ambasadhir

Inherited from Old French ambassadeur.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ba.sa.dœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeurs, feminine ambassadrice)

1. ambassador

Formally, a female ambassador in her own right was "Madame l'Ambassadeur", while the ambassador's wife was "Madame l'Ambassadrice". This use is now dated.

• “ambassadeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French ambassadeur.

ambassadeur m (plural ambassadeurs)

1. ambassador

• French: ambassadeur

First known attestation circa 1190. From Old Italian ambassatore, ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), from Latin ambasiātor.^[1]

ambassadeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural ambassadeurs, nominative singular ambassadeurs, nominative plural ambassadeur)

1. ambassador

• Middle French: ambassadeur
  • French: ambassadeur