emissary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/
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• US: /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 M AH0 S EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَبْعُوث (mabʕūṯ) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Belarusian: эміса́р (emisár) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Belarusian: эміса́рка (emisárka) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Bulgarian: емиса́р (emisár) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Bulgarian: емиса́рка (emisárka) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Bulgarian: пра́теник (prátenik) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Bulgarian: пра́теница (prátenica) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Bulgarian: пра́теничка (prátenička) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 使者 (shǐzhě) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 伻 (bēng) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Czech: emisar — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Czech: emisař — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Danish: udsending — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Danish: sendebud — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Dutch: afgezant — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Egyptian: wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 (wpwtj) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Esperanto: sendito — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Finnish: lähettiläs — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• French: émissaire — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• German: Emissär — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• German: Emissärin — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• German: Abgesandter — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Greek: αγγελιοφόρος (angeliofóros) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Greek: απεσταλμένος (apestalménos) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Japanese: 使者 (shisha) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Korean: 사자 (saja) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Latin: emissarius — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Macedonian: пратеник (pratenik) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Macedonian: пратеничка (pratenička) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Norwegian Bokmål: sendebud — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Polish: emisariusz — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Polish: emisariuszka — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Portuguese: emissário — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Russian: эмисса́р (emissár) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Russian: посла́нник (poslánnik) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Russian: посла́нница (poslánnica) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Slovak: emisár — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Spanish: emisario — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Spanish: emisaria — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Swedish: sändebud — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Swedish: emissarie — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Ottoman Turkish: رسول (resul) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Ukrainian: еміса́р (emisár) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Ukrainian: еміса́рка (emisárka) — an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• Greek: εκφορητικός πόρος (ekforitikós póros) — a venous channel in the skull