"ambiguous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/ [UK], /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/ [Canada, US], [ɛəmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs] [Canada, US], /æmˈbɪɡ.jʉ.əs/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-ambiguous.ogg [US] Forms: more ambiguous [comparative], most ambiguous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪɡjuəs Etymology: From Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), from ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), from ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”) + agere (“to drive, move”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{uder|en|la|ambiguus||moving from side to side, of doubtful nature}} Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), {{m|la|ambigere||to go about, wander, doubt}} ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), {{m|la|ambi-||around, about, on both sides}} ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”), {{m|la|agere||to drive, move}} agere (“to drive, move”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous)
  1. Open to multiple interpretations. Categories (topical): Ambiguity Synonyms: equivocal, unclear Translations (open to multiple interpretations): i dykuptueshëm (Albanian), ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos) (Ancient Greek), غَامِض (ḡāmiḍ) (Arabic), երկիմաստ (erkimast) (Armenian), ambiguu (Asturian), двусмислен (dvusmislen) (Bulgarian), ambigu [masculine] (Catalan), ambigua [feminine] (Catalan), 歧義 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 歧义 (kî-gī) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 曖昧 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 暧昧 (ài-māi) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 歧義 (Chinese Cantonese), 歧义 (kei⁴ ji⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 曖昧 (Chinese Cantonese), 暧昧 (oi³ mui⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 模稜兩可 (Chinese Mandarin), 模棱两可 (móléng liǎngkě) (Chinese Mandarin), 歧義 (Chinese Mandarin), 歧义 (qíyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 曖昧 (Chinese Mandarin), 暧昧 (àimèi) (Chinese Mandarin), mnohoznačný [masculine] (Czech), tvetydig (Danish), flertydig (Danish), dobbelttydig (Danish), meerduidig (Dutch), dubbelzinnig (Dutch), ambigu (Dutch), ambigua (Esperanto), plursenca (Esperanto), moniselitteinen (Finnish), monitulkintainen (Finnish), tulkinnanvarainen (Finnish), ambigu (French), ambiguo (Galician), ორაზროვანი (orazrovani) (Georgian), mehrdeutig (doppeldeutig, zweideutig) (German), דו משמעי (du mashmaí) [masculine] (Hebrew), többértelmű (Hungarian), kétértelmű (Hungarian), nem egyértelmű (Hungarian), óskýr (Icelandic), rancu (Indonesian), kabur (Indonesian), ambiguo [masculine] (Italian), 曖昧な (aimai na) (Japanese), 모호한 (mohohan) (Korean), ambiguus (Latin), двосмислен (dvosmislen) [masculine] (Macedonian), rangirua (Maori), flertydig (Norwegian), tvetydig (Norwegian), dobbeldiedent (Plautdietsch), wieloznaczny (Polish), dwuznaczny (Polish), ambíguo (Portuguese), dúbio (Portuguese), ambiguu (Romanian), cu multe sensuri (Romanian), двусмы́сленный (dvusmýslennyj) (Russian), неоднозначный (neodnoznačnyj) (Russian), многозначный (mnogoznačnyj) (Russian), višeznačan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvosmislen [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvoumen (Slovene), ambiguo (Spanish), tvetydig (Swedish), dubbeltydig (Swedish), talohimig (Tagalog), taluhimig (Tagalog), คลุมเครือ (klum kreua) (Thai), กำกวม (gam-guuam) (Thai), belirsiz (Turkish), iki anlamlı (Turkish), ikircil (Turkish), багатозначний (bahatoznačnyj) (Ukrainian), tối nghĩa (Vietnamese), amwys (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ambiguous-en-adj-YGjG~Q77 Disambiguation of Ambiguity: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'open to multiple interpretations': 94 6
  2. (obsolete, of a person) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ambiguous-en-adj-xDGK4Rk1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ambiguously, ambiguousness, inambiguous, nonambiguous Related terms: ambages, ambiguity, ambiguate, ambiguation, disambiguation, contradictory, mistakable, confusing

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          "roman": "àimèi",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "tvetydig"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dobbelttydig"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "meerduidig"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dubbelzinnig"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambigua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "plursenca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "moniselitteinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "monitulkintainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "tulkinnanvarainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambigu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambiguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "orazrovani",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ორაზროვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "mehrdeutig (doppeldeutig, zweideutig)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "amphíbolos",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ἀμφίβολος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "du mashmaí",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דו משמעי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "többértelmű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "kétértelmű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "nem egyértelmű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "óskýr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "rancu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "kabur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ambiguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aimai na",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "曖昧な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mohohan",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "모호한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambiguus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dvosmislen",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "двосмислен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "rangirua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "flertydig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "tvetydig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dobbeldiedent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "wieloznaczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dwuznaczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambíguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dúbio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambiguu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "cu multe sensuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dvusmýslennyj",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "двусмы́сленный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neodnoznačnyj",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "неоднозначный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnogoznačnyj",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "многозначный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "višeznačan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dvosmislen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dvoumen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "ambiguo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "tvetydig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "dubbeltydig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "talohimig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
          "word": "taluhimig"
        },
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    "Requests for review of Galician translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
    "Requests for review of Japanese translations",
    "Requests for review of Macedonian translations",
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    "Requests for review of Portuguese translations",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "i dykuptueshëm"
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      "roman": "ḡāmiḍ",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "غَامِض"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkimast",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "երկիմաստ"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambiguu"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvusmislen",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "двусмислен"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ambigu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ambigua"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "歧義"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kei⁴ ji⁶",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "歧义"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "曖昧"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "oi³ mui⁶",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "暧昧"
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      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
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      "word": "暧昧"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "模稜兩可"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "móléng liǎngkě",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "模棱两可"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "歧義"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíyì",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "歧义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "曖昧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "àimèi",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "暧昧"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mnohoznačný"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "tvetydig"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "flertydig"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dobbelttydig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "meerduidig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dubbelzinnig"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambigu"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambigua"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "plursenca"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "moniselitteinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "monitulkintainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "tulkinnanvarainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambigu"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambiguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "orazrovani",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ორაზროვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "mehrdeutig (doppeldeutig, zweideutig)"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "amphíbolos",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ἀμφίβολος"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "du mashmaí",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "דו משמעי"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "többértelmű"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "kétértelmű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "nem egyértelmű"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "óskýr"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "rancu"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "kabur"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ambiguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aimai na",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "曖昧な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mohohan",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "모호한"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambiguus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "двосмислен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "rangirua"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "flertydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "tvetydig"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dobbeldiedent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "wieloznaczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dwuznaczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambíguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dúbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambiguu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "cu multe sensuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvusmýslennyj",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "двусмы́сленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neodnoznačnyj",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "неоднозначный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoznačnyj",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "многозначный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "višeznačan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvosmislen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dvoumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ambiguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "tvetydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "dubbeltydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "talohimig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "taluhimig"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "klum kreua",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "คลุมเครือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gam-guuam",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "กำกวม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "belirsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "iki anlamlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "ikircil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoznačnyj",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "багатозначний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "tối nghĩa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "open to multiple interpretations",
      "word": "amwys"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambiguous"
}

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