ambiguitas
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed ambigu + -itas, learned borrowing from Latin ambiguitās.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambiguitas (plural ambiguitas-ambiguitas, first-person possessive ambiguitasku, second-person possessive ambiguitasmu, third-person possessive ambiguitasnya)
- ambiguity:
- (countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
- (uncountable) the state of being ambiguous.
Alternative forms edit
- ambiguiti (Standard Malay)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ambiguitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /am.biˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ämbɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.biˈɡu.i.tas/, [ämbiˈɡuːit̪äs]
Noun edit
ambiguitās f (genitive ambiguitātis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ambiguitās | ambiguitātēs |
| Genitive | ambiguitātis | ambiguitātum |
| Dative | ambiguitātī | ambiguitātibus |
| Accusative | ambiguitātem | ambiguitātēs |
| Ablative | ambiguitāte | ambiguitātibus |
| Vocative | ambiguitās | ambiguitātēs |
Descendants edit
- Asturian: ambigüedá
- Catalan: ambigüitat
- French: ambiguïté
- English: ambiguity
- Romanian: ambiguitate
- German: Ambiguität
- Indonesian: ambiguitas
- Italian: ambiguità
- Portuguese: ambiguidade
- Spanish: ambigüedad
References edit
- “ambiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambiguitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.