ambo

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bəʊ/ Rhymes: -æmbəʊ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn). ==== Noun ==== ambo (plural ambos or ambones) A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. (Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. ===== Related terms ===== ambon, lectern, podium, pulpit ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of ambulance +‎ -o. ==== Noun ==== ambo (plural ambos) (informal) An ambulance driver. (informal) An ambulance. 2004 Dec. 19, David Simon & al., "Mission Accomplished", The Wire, Season 3, Episode 12, 00:31:54: Rawls: I don't want the fuckin' reporters seeing any ambos. Shit. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of ambassador +‎ -o. ==== Noun ==== ambo (plural ambos) (slang) An ambassador. === Anagrams === Bamo, moab, MOAB, boma, Abom, Moab, moAb, MOBA, Mabo == Asi == === Noun === ambò mouse; rat == Buginese == === Noun === ambo father == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈambo/ [ˈam.bo] Rhymes: -ambo Syllabification: am‧bo === Noun === ambo (plural ambo-ambo) (Catholicism) ambo (stationary podium used for readings and homilies) Hypernym: mimbar === Further reading === “ambo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈam.bo/ Rhymes: -ambo Hyphenation: àm‧bo === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin ambō. ==== Determiner ==== ambo (usually invariable, rare masculine plural ambi, rare feminine plural ambe) (literary) both Synonyms: ambedue, (literary, obsolete) entrambi, amendue === Etymology 2 === Noun use of the above determiner. ==== Noun ==== ambo m (plural ambi) double (in various games) === Further reading === ambo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana ambo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === boma == Javanese == === Romanization === ambo romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴ == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈam.boː], [ˈam.bɔ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈam.bo] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *amβō, cognate to Ancient Greek ἄμφω (ámphō, “both”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁, possibly prefixed with the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”) (whence ante). Often considered related to ambi-, but according to Dunkel this only applies to the first syllable. ==== Determiner ==== ambō̆ m (feminine ambae, neuter ambō̆) both (of objects occurring in pairs) Coordinate terms: duo, uterque ===== Declension ===== Irregular adjective, plural only. (The irregular declension is a vestige of Latin's dual, seen also in duo but otherwise defunct in the extant literature.) ===== Descendants ===== ==== See also ==== duo uterque binus English Wendens Ambo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn). ==== Noun ==== ambō m (Medieval Latin) pulpit, lectern ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== English: ambo German: Ambo Indonesian: ambo Italian: ambone Polish: ambona === References === === Further reading === “ambo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ambo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers ambo, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011 "ambo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ambo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN == Minangkabau == === Etymology === From earlier form hambo, from Sanskrit हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /am.bɔ/ === Pronoun === ambo first person singular; I ==== Synonyms ==== awak, den == Occitan == === Alternative forms === ab (Gard) amb (Languedoc) ambé (Provençal) dab (Gascony) damb (Gascony) embé (Provençal) === Adverb === ambo (Vivaro-alpine) (accompaniment) with == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”). Attested in the Old Javanese prose of Tantri Kaḍiri. === Noun === ambo escort (who walks beside a horse, etc.) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴ (ambo) === Further reading === "ambo" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Noun === ambo nominative singular of amba (“mango tree”) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ambo, referring to the two-piece suit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈambo/ [ˈãm.bo] Rhymes: -ambo Syllabification: am‧bo === Noun === ambo m (plural ambos) (Southern Cone) suit ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ambo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Talysh == === Etymology === Cognate with Persian انبار. === Noun === ambo barn depot