ambage

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === ambage (countable and uncountable, plural ambages) (literary, often in the plural) Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution. Puttenham, Art of Poesie without any long studie or tedious ambage (literary, often in the plural) An indirect or obscure path. === References === == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ambāgēs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʒ/ === Noun === ambage m (plural ambages) (chiefly in the plural) ambage sans ambages ― straight from the shoulder, bluntly === Further reading === “ambage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin ambāgēs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amˈba.d͡ʒe/ Rhymes: -adʒe Hyphenation: am‧bà‧ge === Noun === ambage f (plural ambagi) (usually in the plural) ambage === Further reading === ambage in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Noun === ambāge ablative singular of ambāgēs