quai d'orsay

1. 1.

   the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries

   Broaderstreet

   Part ofLeft Bank
2. 2.

   the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris

   SynonymsFrench Foreign Office

   BroaderForeign Office

Questions about quai d'orsay

What does quai d'orsay mean?

quai d'orsay means "the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for quai d'orsay?

Close synonyms include French Foreign Office. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quai d'orsay a common word?

quai d'orsay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.