"ambidextrous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæm.biˈdɛk.stɹəs/ [UK], /ˌæm.bɪˈdɛk.stɹəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ambidextrous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more ambidextrous [comparative], most ambidextrous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkstɹəs Etymology: From ambi- + Latin dexter (“right", "skillful”) + -ous (as if both hands are like the right hand, which is the stronger hand in most people). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{prefix|en|ambi||sort=dextrous}} ambi- +, {{der|en|la|dexter||right", "skillful}} Latin dexter (“right", "skillful”), {{m|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} ambidextrous (comparative more ambidextrous, superlative most ambidextrous)
  1. Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands. Translations (having equal ability in both hands): সব্যসাচী (śobbośaci) (Bengali), ambidextre [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), چەپ وڕاستە (çep wrraste) (Central Kurdish), 雙手靈巧的 (Chinese Mandarin), 双手灵巧的 (shuāngshǒu língqiǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), ambidekstral (Danish), tweehandig (Dutch), ambaŭmana (Esperanto), mõlemakäelisus (Estonian), molempikätinen (Finnish), ambidextre [feminine, masculine] (French), beidhändig (German), αμφιδέξιος (amfidéxios) [masculine] (Greek), सव्यसाची (savyasācī) (Hindi), kétkezes (Hungarian), ambidextra (Ido), ambidekstrus (Indonesian), comhdheas (Irish), ambidestro (Italian), 両手利きの (ryōtekiki no) (alt: りょうてきき) (Japanese), dwicekat (Malay), co-yesh (Manx), co-yesh er dagh laue (Manx), oburęczny [masculine] (Polish), ambidestro (Portuguese), ambidextru (Romanian), владе́ющий одина́ково хорошо́ обе́ими рука́ми (vladéjuščij odinákovo xorošó obéimi rukámi) (Russian), ambidextro (Spanish), bådhänt (Swedish), ambidexter (Swedish), ömsehänt (Swedish), tvehänt (Swedish), ömsehändig (Swedish), tvehändig (Swedish), bådhändig (Swedish), fintlig (Swedish), sinnrik (Swedish), händig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ambidextrous-en-adj-9KPamI3u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ambi-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 3 39 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ambi-: 37 7 39 2 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 4 30 3 20 Disambiguation of 'having equal ability in both hands': 92 1 3 1 2
  2. Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
    Sense id: en-ambidextrous-en-adj-JL2S~na0
  3. (archaic) Practising or siding with both parties. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-ambidextrous-en-adj-swOlTdTc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ambi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 3 39 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ambi-: 37 7 39 2 15
  4. (humorous) Of a person, bisexual. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-ambidextrous-en-adj-4rZjy3dr
  5. Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
    Sense id: en-ambidextrous-en-adj-3q45lhTL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ambi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 3 39 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ambi-: 37 7 39 2 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: both-handed, either-handed Derived forms: ambidextrously, ambidextrousness, ambisextrous, amby Related terms: ambidexterity, dextromanual, left-handed, right-handed, sinistromanual

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          "roman": "vladéjuščij odinákovo xorošó obéimi rukámi",
          "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
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      "word": "left-handed"
    },
    {
      "word": "right-handed"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinistromanual"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Practising or siding with both parties."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, bisexual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "bisexual",
          "bisexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Of a person, bisexual."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Michelangelo was a very ambidextrous artist, producing sculptures and frescoes with equal ability.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1884, The British Trade Journal and Export World, page 558",
          "text": "For years, by every possible device, we have been raising the prices of our agricultural products against the foreign buyers […] by every device known to the ambidextrous tradesman and financier. The result is that we have raised up other and unexpected competitors in the markets of the world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Alan Spiegel, James Agee and the Legend of Himself: A Critical Study, University of Missouri Press, page 12",
          "text": "In a footnote, these admirers will often bemoan Agee as a Renaissance or at least ambidextrous artist in an age of specialization, a vast and turbulent ocean syphoned off through a garden hose; not just a novelist manque but also a frustrated […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Pamela Lillian Valemont, Beauty Queen Murder - Allison Baden-Clay, Lulu.com, page 49",
          "text": "He also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist, and enjoyed acting. Holidays were spent yachting or canoeing or with his brothers. By 1903, Baden-Powell's military training manual, Aids to Scouting, had become a best-seller,[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ],
        [
          "medium",
          "medium"
        ],
        [
          "genre",
          "genre"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæm.biˈdɛk.stɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæm.bɪˈdɛk.stɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkstɹəs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "both-handed"
    },
    {
      "word": "either-handed"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śobbośaci",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "সব্যসাচী"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambidextre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "雙手靈巧的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngshǒu língqiǎo de",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "双手灵巧的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidekstral"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "tweehandig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambaŭmana"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "mõlemakäelisus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "molempikätinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambidextre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "beidhändig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amfidéxios",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αμφιδέξιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "savyasācī",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "सव्यसाची"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "kétkezes"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidextra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidekstrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "comhdheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidestro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りょうてきき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryōtekiki no",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "両手利きの"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çep wrraste",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "چەپ وڕاستە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "dwicekat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "co-yesh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "co-yesh er dagh laue"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oburęczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidextru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vladéjuščij odinákovo xorošó obéimi rukámi",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "владе́ющий одина́ково хорошо́ обе́ими рука́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidextro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "bådhänt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ambidexter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ömsehänt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "tvehänt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "ömsehändig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "tvehändig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "bådhändig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "fintlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "sinnrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having equal ability in both hands",
      "word": "händig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambidextrous"
}

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