Ampel

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(Engels)

(feminine) traffic light
(German, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal) ellipsis of Ampelkoalition
(feminine) ceiling lamp (lamp which hangs from the ceiling)
(feminine) container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling

Frekwensie

Kanton Basel-Land

ampele

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʔampl̩/

Geërf van Middle High German

Geërf van Old High German

In summary

From Middle High German ampel, ampolle, ampulle, from Old High German ampla, ampulla (“vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *ampullā (“flask, cruse”). The sense development was vessel → hanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel) → traffic light. Doublet of Ampulle.