embassy
The function or duty of an ambassador.
Noun 4 meanings
The function or duty of an ambassador.
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
“The American embassy to France is located in Paris.”
A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
Etymology
Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) 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”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)).
EMBASSY at a glance
EMBASSY has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (E 1 + M 3 + B 3 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,690 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with embassy
All rhymes- MESSY10
- CLASSY11
- GLOSSY10
- MISSY10
- GRASSY10
- SISSY8
- SASSY8
- FUSSY11
- BOSSY10
- GLASSY10
- MOSSY10
- KISSY12
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