🇫🇷 français

ambassade

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

l' ambassade

embassy

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ambassade
/lɑ̃basad/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on ambassade en français ?

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/lɑ̃basad/

How do you pronounce ambassade in français?

ambassade is pronounced /lɑ̃basad/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

L'ambassade française est très grande et impressionnante.

The French embassy is very large and impressive.

Cette ambassade nouvelle a ouvert ses portes l'année dernière.

This new embassy opened its doors last year.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Ambassade is feminine in French because it derives from the Italian "ambasciata," which came from the Vulgar Latin "ambasciata" (itself possibly from a Germanic root meaning "servant" or "messenger"), and this word form naturally took on feminine gender in French, likely influenced by the -ade suffix which often marks feminine nouns. The gender became fixed through historical usage rather than following a predictable grammatical rule.

Comment dit-on embassy en français ?

En français, embassy se dit l' ambassade — feminine.

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