ambiguidade
See also: ambigüidade
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ambigüidade (pre-1990 spelling)
- ambigùidade (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambiguitātem. By surface analysis, ambíguo + -idade.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.bi.ɡwiˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.bi.ɡwiˈda.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.bi.ɡwiˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ̃.bi.ɣwiˈða.ðɨ]
- Hyphenation: am‧bi‧gui‧da‧de
Noun
ambiguidade f (countable and uncountable, plural ambiguidades)
- (uncountable) ambiguity (the state of being ambiguous)
- Antonym: inambiguidade
- (countable) ambiguity (an instance of ambiguity)
- Antonym: inambiguidade
Related terms
Further reading
- “ambiguidade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ambiguidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026