ambage
French, noun/ɑ̃.baʒ/
ambage is a French masculine noun meaning “ambage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détour, sinuosité”.
What does ambage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineambage
sans ambages
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Détour, sinuosité. 2. Complexification du discours, volontaire ou involontaire, ayant pour résultat que le sens n’apparaisse pas directement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ambage
- ambages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambage?
- /ɑ̃.baʒ/
- \ɑ̃.baʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ambage in French?
ambage appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).