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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesambigu
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ambigu
"Sa réponse est restée ambiguë."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
"His ambiguous instructions left us unsure of what to do."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from Latin ambiguus (from ambigere 'go about, contend, waver', from ambi- 'both' + agere 'drive') + -ous.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ambiguous" is said worldwide
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ambigu
Transliteration: ambigu
"Sa réponse est restée ambiguë."
mehrdeutig
Transliteration: mehrdeutig
"Die Formulierung war sehr mehrdeutig."
ambiguo
Transliteration: ambiguo
"La sua posizione è piuttosto ambigua."
ambiguo
Transliteration: ambiguo
"El contrato contiene cláusulas ambiguas."
ambíguo
Transliteration: ambíguo
"A mensagem dele foi muito ambígua."
अस्पष्ट
Transliteration: aspaṣṭa
"उसका उत्तर बहुत अस्पष्ट था।"
模棱两可的
Transliteration: móléngliǎngkě de
"他的回答模棱两可。"
모호한
Transliteration: mohohan
"그의 태도는 매우 모호하다."
曖昧な
Transliteration: aimai na
"彼の返事は曖昧だった。"
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