Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin ambūbāiae.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /am.buˈba.je/
  • Rhymes: -aje
  • Hyphenation: am‧bu‧bà‧ie

Noun edit

ambubaie f pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Eastern musician-dancers

Further reading edit

  • ambubaie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana