"envoy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ [US], /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/ [US], /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-envoy.wav Forms: envoys [plural]
Etymology: From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|envoyé||envoy, messenger}} French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} envoy (plural envoys)
  1. (law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador. Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms (diplomatic agent of second rank): envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary Translations (diplomatic agent of second rank): დესპანი (desṗani) (Georgian), Gesandter [masculine] (German), Gesandte [feminine] (German), รัฐทูต (rát-tà-tûut) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-envoy-en-noun-4DV68CXg Disambiguation of People: 12 27 27 27 7 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'diplomatic agent of second rank': 69 10 17 2 2 Disambiguation of 'diplomatic agent of second rank': 69 10 17 2 2
  2. A representative. Categories (topical): People Translations (representative): مَبْعُوث (mabʕūṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), пасла́ннік (paslánnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), দূত (dut) (Bengali), သံ (sam) (Burmese), 使者 (shǐzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), vyslanec [masculine] (Czech), gezant [masculine] (Dutch), wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 (wpwtj) (Egyptian), edustaja (Finnish), envoyé [masculine] (French), émissaire [masculine] (French), დესპანი (desṗani) (Georgian), Gesandter [masculine] (German), Gesandte [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (airus) [masculine] (Gothic), αντιπρόσωπος (antiprósopos) [masculine] (Greek), temimbou (Guaraní), दूत (dūt) [masculine] (Hindi), inviato [masculine] (Italian), 使者 (sisha) (alt: ししゃ) (Japanese), ប្រេសិត (preesət) (Khmer), ទូត (tuut) (Khmer), 사자 (saja) (Korean), ທູດ (thūt) (Lao), lēgātus [masculine] (Latin), duta (Malay), karere (Maori), sendebud [neuter] (Norwegian), سفیر (sefir) (Ottoman Turkish), dūta [masculine] (Pali), wysłannik [masculine] (Polish), enviado [masculine] (Portuguese), посла́нник (poslánnik) [masculine] (Russian), посла́нец (poslánec) [masculine] (Russian), दूत (dūta) [masculine] (Sanskrit), enviado [masculine] (Spanish), envoyé [common-gender] (Swedish), దూత (dūta) (Telugu), ทูต (tûut) (Thai), посла́нник (poslánnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), phái viên (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-envoy-en-noun-en:representative Disambiguation of People: 12 27 27 27 7 Disambiguation of 'representative': 6 86 3 4 2
  3. A diplomat. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-envoy-en-noun-BgRjvf7z Disambiguation of People: 12 27 27 27 7
  4. A messenger. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-envoy-en-noun-vdyiVnHs Disambiguation of People: 12 27 27 27 7
  5. (poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: envoi (extra: short stanza at end of poem) Categories (topical): Poetry
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-envoy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.