ambasade
See also: 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
ambasade or ambasadé
- embassy, the official residence of such an embassy, or of an ambassador.
Synonyms
- kedutaan
Further reading
- “ambasade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.