English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ampulla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ampulla (plural ampullas or ampullae)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
  2. A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 8:
      Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held.
  3. (anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
  4. (botany) The spongiole of a root.

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Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmpulːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧pul‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun edit

ampulla (plural ampullák)

  1. ampoule

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ampulla ampullák
accusative ampullát ampullákat
dative ampullának ampulláknak
instrumental ampullával ampullákkal
causal-final ampulláért ampullákért
translative ampullává ampullákká
terminative ampulláig ampullákig
essive-formal ampullaként ampullákként
essive-modal
inessive ampullában ampullákban
superessive ampullán ampullákon
adessive ampullánál ampulláknál
illative ampullába ampullákba
sublative ampullára ampullákra
allative ampullához ampullákhoz
elative ampullából ampullákból
delative ampulláról ampullákról
ablative ampullától ampulláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ampulláé ampulláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ampulláéi ampullákéi
Possessive forms of ampulla
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ampullám ampulláim
2nd person sing. ampullád ampulláid
3rd person sing. ampullája ampullái
1st person plural ampullánk ampulláink
2nd person plural ampullátok ampulláitok
3rd person plural ampullájuk ampulláik

Further reading edit

  • ampulla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ampulla in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From amphora +‎ -la.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ampulla f (genitive ampullae); first declension

  1. a two-handled vessel with a swollen middle
  2. (figuratively) swelling words, bombast
  3. (Medieval Latin, generally) liturgical flask
  4. (Medieval Latin, New Latin, figuratively) bladder; blister, swelling

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ampulla ampullae
Genitive ampullae ampullārum
Dative ampullae ampullīs
Accusative ampullam ampullās
Ablative ampullā ampullīs
Vocative ampulla ampullae

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Sardinian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ampulla, derived from amphora.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ampulla f (plural ampullas)

  1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) bottle
    Hypernym: istèrgiu