English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ambiguite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ambiguitas.
Pronunciation
Noun
ambiguity (countable and uncountable, plural ambiguities)
- (countable) Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
- His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.
- (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
something liable to more than one interpretation
- Arabic: اِلْتِبَاس m (iltibās)
- Armenian: երկիմաստություն (hy) (erkimastutʻyun), անորոշություն (hy) (anorošutʻyun), երկդիմություն (hy) (erkdimutʻyun)
- Asturian: ambigüedá f
- Catalan: ambigüitat f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 模棱兩可的詞句/模棱两可的词句, 模棱两可的词句 (móléngliǎngkě de cíjù), 有歧義的詞句/有歧义的词句, 有歧义的词句 (yǒu qíyì de cíjù), 雙關語/双关语 (zh) (shuāngguānyǔ), 双关语 (zh) (shuāngguānyǔ) (ambiguous words/phrases)
- Czech: mnohoznačnost f, dvojsmysl m
- Danish: tvetydighed (da) c
- Dutch: dubbelzinnigheid (nl) f, ambiguïteit (nl) f
- Esperanto: dusencaĵo, ambiguo (eo)
- Finnish: monitulkintaisuus (fi), monimerkityksisyys (fi), ambiguiteetti
- French: ambiguïté (fr) f
- Galician: ambigüidade (gl) f
- Georgian: გაურკვევლობა (gaurḳvevloba), ორაზროვნება (orazrovneba)
- German: Ambiguität (de) f, Mehrdeutigkeit (de) f, Doppeldeutigkeit (de) f, Zweideutigkeit f, Vieldeutigkeit f, Doppelsinnigkeit f, Uneindeutigkeit (de) f, Doppelbödigkeit f, Doppelsinn m, Polysemie (de) f, Ambivalenz (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ἀμφιβολία f (amphibolía)
- Hebrew: (please verify) דּוּ-מַשְׁמָעוּת
- Hungarian: kétértelműség (hu), félreérthetőség (hu)
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- Italian: ambiguità (it) f
- Japanese: (please verify) あいまいさ
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: Ambiguitéit f
- Macedonian: двосми́сленост f (dvosmíslenost), не́јасност f (néjasnost)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tvetydighet (no) m or f
- Persian: گنگی (fa) (gungi)
- Polish: wieloznaczność (pl) f
- Portuguese: ambiguidade (pt) f
- Romanian: ambiguitate (ro) f
- Russian: двусмы́сленность (ru) f (dvusmýslennostʹ), нея́сность (ru) f (nejásnostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: dà-sheaghachas m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: амбигвитет f
- Roman: ambigvitet (sh), višeznačnost (sh), dvosmislenost (sh)
- Spanish: ambigüedad (es) f
- Thai: ความกำกวม (kwaam gamguam)
- Turkish: muğlâlık
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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