ambage

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
2. An indirect or obscure path.

Sinonieme

circumlocution

periphrasis

diffuseness

ambages

Vertalings

circumloqui

circonlocuzione

περίφραση

circonlocution

périphrase

temps périphrastique

perifrasi

circunlóquio

perífrasis

circunlocución

dolambaçlı yol

dolaylı davranış

geçiştirme

dolambaçlı söz

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ambages

In summary

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).