Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ambūbāiae.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ambubaie f pl (plural only)

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

Further reading

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