emissary

English

Etymology

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/

Noun

emissary (plural emissaries)

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
(anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

Translations

an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

Arabic: مَبْعُوث‎ m (mabʿūṯ)
Belarusian: эміса́р m (emisár)
Bulgarian: емисар (bg) m (emisar), пратеник (bg) m (pratenik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使者 (zh) (shǐzhě)
Czech: emisar (cs) m
Dutch: afgezant (nl)
Esperanto: sendito
Finnish: lähettiläs (fi)
French: émissaire (fr) m or f
German: Emissär (de) m, Emissärin (de) f, Abgesandter m
Greek: αγγελιοφόρος (el) m (angeliofóros), απεσταλμένος (el) m (apestalménos)

Japanese: 使者 (ja) (ししゃ, shisha)
Korean: 사자 (ko) (saja)
Latin: emissarius m
Polish: emisariusz (pl) m
Portuguese: emissário (pt) m
Russian: эмисса́р (ru) m (emissár), посла́нник (ru) m (poslánnik), посла́нница (ru) f (poslánnica)
Swedish: sändebud (sv) n, emissarie (sv) c
Ukrainian: еміса́р m (emisár)

a venous channel in the skull

Greek: εκφορητικός πόρος m (ekforitikós póros)

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