ambiguity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

Pronunciation

/æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/ /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.ti/ /æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/ [æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ɾi] /æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ti/ [æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ɾi] en-us-ambiguity.ogg /ˌæm.bəˈɡju.ə.ti/ [æm.bəˈɡju.ə.ɾi] /æm.bɪˈɡjʉː.ɪ.ti/ [æm.bɪˈɡjʉː.ɪ.ɾi]

Word forms

ambiguity ambiguities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ambiguitāsder. Old French ambiguitebor. Middle English ambiguite English ambiguity From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin ambiguitas, equivalent to ambiguous + -ity.

Synonyms

Antonyms

unambiguity

Related words

ambiguous

Derived words

ambiguity aversion

Translations

Afrikaans: dubbelsinnigheid Arabic: اِلْتِبَاس Arabic: إِبْهَام Armenian: երկիմաստություն Armenian: անորոշություն Armenian: երկդիմություն Asturian: ambigüedá Catalan: ambigüitat Chinese Mandarin: 模棱兩可的詞句 /模棱两可的词句 Chinese Mandarin: 有歧義的詞句 /有歧义的词句 Chinese Mandarin: 雙關語 /双关语 Czech: mnohoznačnost Czech: dvojsmysl Danish: tvetydighed Dutch: dubbelzinnigheid Dutch: ambiguïteit Esperanto: dusencaĵo Esperanto: ambiguo Finnish: monitulkintaisuus Finnish: monimerkityksisyys Finnish: ambiguiteetti French: ambiguïté Galician: ambigüidade Georgian: გაურკვევლობა Georgian: ორაზროვნება German: Ambiguität German: Mehrdeutigkeit German: Doppeldeutigkeit German: Zweideutigkeit German: Vieldeutigkeit German: Doppelsinnigkeit German: Uneindeutigkeit German: Doppelbödigkeit German: Doppelsinn German: Polysemie German: Ambivalenz Greek: ασάφεια Greek: αμφισημία Ancient Greek: ἀμφιβολία Hungarian: kétértelműség Hungarian: félreérthetőség Indonesian: kedwimaknaan Italian: ambiguità Italian: dubbio Khmer: ភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់ Korean: 애매모호 Latin: ambiguitas Luxembourgish: Ambiguitéit Macedonian: двосми́сленост Macedonian: не́јасност Macedonian: недозначност Mongolian: тодорхой бус байдал Norwegian Bokmål: tvetydighet Persian: گنگی Polish: wieloznaczność Portuguese: ambiguidade Romanian: ambiguitate Russian: двусмы́сленность Russian: нея́сность Scottish Gaelic: dà-sheaghachas Serbo-Croatian: амбигвитет Serbo-Croatian: вишезначност Serbo-Croatian: двосмисленост Serbo-Croatian: ambigvitet Serbo-Croatian: višeznačnost Serbo-Croatian: dvosmislenost Spanish: ambigüedad Swedish: tvetydighet Thai: ความกำกวม Turkish: muğlâklık Turkish: ikircim Ukrainian: двозна́чність Ukrainian: неоднозна́чність Ukrainian: нея́сність Vietnamese: sự tối nghĩa Vietnamese: sự mơ hồ

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