Quai d'Orsay

[ ke dawr-se; English key dawr-sey, kwey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the quay along the south bank of the Seine in Paris, on which are located the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other French government offices.
the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Quai d'Orsay

/ ke dɔrsɛ /

the quay along the S bank of the Seine, Paris, where the French foreign office is situated

The passer-by acknowledged the signal, if such it was, by the slightest of smiles and passed on toward the Quai D'Orsay.

The device non pluribus impar re-appeared on the stone rays representing a sun upon the front of the barracks on the Quai d'Orsay.

You called at Le Quai d'Orsay this morning and brought something away with you that you ought not to have done.

On reading it, he smothered a slight laugh; he remembered certain stories told at the Quai d'Orsay.

And, lastly, the idea had grown upon him at the Quai d'Orsay that Ministers are neither able nor willing to do very much.

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