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note verbale

noun note ver·bale

Definition of note verbale

plural notes verbales
: a diplomatic note that is more formal than an aide-mémoire and less formal than a note, is drafted in the third person, and is never signed

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Origin and Etymology of note verbale

French, literally, verbal note

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