Quai d'Orsayn.

Brit.

/ˌkeɪ dɔːˈseɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌkeɪ dɔrˈseɪ/,

/ˈˌki dɔrˈseɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Quai d'Orsay.

Etymology: < French Quai d'Orsay (although this is apparently not recorded in dictionaries of French until later (1899 or earlier)) < Quai d'Orsay , the name of a quai (see quai n.) in Paris, on which the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is situated. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ke dorsę) /kɛ dɔʀsɛ/.

By metonymy: the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > French government department > foreign office

Quai d'Orsay1876

quai1960

1876 Times 5 May 5/1 It ought to be known at the Quai d'Orsay that Europe attaches much greater importance to France, and that her co-operation is highly prized by other Cabinets.

1927 N. Wainwright tr. ‘M. Dekobra’ Madonna of Sleeping Cars xii. 167 The Quai d'Orsay would register a formal protest.

1940 H. G. Wells New World Order §11. 151 The Germans..have to get on with collectivisation..and they cannot give themselves to that if they are artificially divided up and disorganised by some old-fashioned Quai d'Orsay scheme.

1969 B. Weil Dossier IX viii. 63 Asher chuckled. ‘I suppose the Quai d'Orsay felt it was going to be caught with its knickers down again!’

2002 J. Hayward & V. Wright Governing from Centre iv. 99 The centralization of foreign policy decisions..is far less well suited to the bulk of foreign affairs, in which not only the Quai d'Orsay but many other ministries are involved.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quai dorsay
释义	Quai d'Orsayn. Brit. /ˌkeɪ dɔːˈseɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌkeɪ dɔrˈseɪ/, /ˈˌki dɔrˈseɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Quai d'Orsay. Etymology: < French Quai d'Orsay (although this is apparently not recorded in dictionaries of French until later (1899 or earlier)) < Quai d'Orsay , the name of a quai (see quai n.) in Paris, on which the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is situated. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ke dorsę) /kɛ dɔʀsɛ/. By metonymy: the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > French government department > foreign office Quai d'Orsay1876 quai1960 1876 Times 5 May 5/1 It ought to be known at the Quai d'Orsay that Europe attaches much greater importance to France, and that her co-operation is highly prized by other Cabinets. 1927 N. Wainwright tr. ‘M. Dekobra’ Madonna of Sleeping Cars xii. 167 The Quai d'Orsay would register a formal protest. 1940 H. G. Wells New World Order §11. 151 The Germans..have to get on with collectivisation..and they cannot give themselves to that if they are artificially divided up and disorganised by some old-fashioned Quai d'Orsay scheme. 1969 B. Weil Dossier IX viii. 63 Asher chuckled. ‘I suppose the Quai d'Orsay felt it was going to be caught with its knickers down again!’ 2002 J. Hayward & V. Wright Governing from Centre iv. 99 The centralization of foreign policy decisions..is far less well suited to the bulk of foreign affairs, in which not only the Quai d'Orsay but many other ministries are involved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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