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vague
English
Etymology
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve??/
- IPA(key): (Upper Midwest US) /væ?/
- Rhymes: -e??, -æ?
Adjective
vague (comparative vaguer, superlative vaguest)
- Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts.
- inarticulate, Synonym: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Not having a precise meaning.
- Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal
- Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
- Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, obscure; see also Thesaurus:vague
- Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
- Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
- 1962, Philip Larkin, "Toads Revisited"
- Waxed-fleshed out-patients / Still vague from accidents, / And characters in long coats / Deep in the litter-baskets […]
- Synonym: dazed
- 1962, Philip Larkin, "Toads Revisited"
- Lacking expression; vacant.
- Synonyms: vacant, vacuous
- Not sharply outlined; hazy.
- Synonyms: fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
- Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- The Lord Gray incourag'd his men to set sharply upon the vague villains
- Synonyms: erratic, roaming, unsettled, vagrant, vagabond
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
Related terms
Translations
Noun
vague (plural vagues)
- (obsolete) A wandering; a vagary.
- An indefinite expanse.
- 1870, James Russell Lowell, The Cathedral
- The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.
- 1870, James Russell Lowell, The Cathedral
Verb
vague (third-person singular simple present vagues, present participle vaguing, simple past and past participle vagued)
- (archaic) to wander; to roam; to stray.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals
- [The soul] doth vague and wander.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals
- To become vague or act in a vague manner.
Further reading
- vague in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vague in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vague at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vagus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?va.??/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?ba.??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?va.?e/
Adjective
vague (feminine vaga, masculine and feminine plural vagues)
- vague
Derived terms
- vagament
Further reading
- “vague” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vague” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “vague” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vague” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology 1
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French vague (“movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *w?gaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with Swedish våg (“wave”), Middle Dutch waeghe, wage (“wave”), Old High German w?ge (“wave”), Old English w?g (“wave, billow, motion, flood”). More at waw, wave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va?/
Noun
vague f (plural vagues)
- wave
- 2014, Indila, Comme un bateau
- 2014, Indila, Comme un bateau
Derived terms
- faire des vagues
- vague de chaleur
- vague de froid
- vaguelette
- vaguette
Etymology 2
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Possibly a doublet of gai.
Adjective
vague (plural vagues)
- vague
Noun
vague m (plural vagues)
- vagueness
- Synonym: distrait
Derived terms
- terrain vague
- vague à l'âme
- vaguement
Further reading
- “vague” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Verb
vague
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of vagar
Portuguese
Verb
vague
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vagar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vagar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vagar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vagar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?e/, [?ba.??e]
Verb
vague
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vagar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vagar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of vagar.
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ambulance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from (hôpital) ambulant (“walking, shifting (hospital)”), from Latin ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm.bj?.l?ns/
- (AAVE, also) IPA(key): /?æm.bj??læns/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lance
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]
- (military) A mobile field hospital. [1798]
- (obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- ambulatory
- ambulant
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????????? (embulens)
Translations
Verb
ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)
- (transitive) To transport by ambulance.
Further reading
- ambulance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambulance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ambulant?s?]
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension
Synonyms
- (ambulance): sanitka
Related terms
- ambulantní
- ambulantn?
Further reading
- ambulance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- ambulance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.by?l?n.s?/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lan?ce
- Rhymes: -?ns?
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
- Ze beschrijven uitvoerig hoe Maurice te hulp schoot, toen hij gegil hoorde, hoe hij iemand had zien wegvluchten uit de kamer en dat hij het was geweest, die een ambulance had gebeld.
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, "De ambulance", Zuipen (CD).
- Twee, drie, weken geleden kwam de ambulance / Bij onze buurman hier net om de hoek
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
Synonyms
- ziekenauto
- ziekenwagen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambulans
- ? Indonesian: ambulans
French
Etymology
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.by.l??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
Descendants
- ? Dutch: ambulance (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ambulance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- (Jersey) ambulance
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