Ampel

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(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

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Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

ampele

Datos proporcionados por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʔampl̩/

Heredado de alto alemán medio

Heredado de alto alemán antiguo

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.