ambages
ɑ̃baʒ
ambage
Definition
Definition of ambages - Reverso French Dictionary
Noun, plural, feminine
discours indirectDated manières détournées et compliquées de s'exprimer pour éviter d'aller droit au butDated
- Il parle toujours avec des ambages au lieu d'être direct.
- Le politicien a répondu avec des ambages à la question.
- Ses explications étaient pleines d'ambages inutiles.
Expressions with ambages
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de manière directe et franche, sans détours ni circonlocutions
Il lui a dit sans ambages qu'elle devait partir.
Origin of ambages
latin, ambages (détours)
Terms with ambages included in their meaning
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directement
de façon directe et franche, sans détour ni ambages
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- English:circumlocution, ...
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- Hebrew:עֲקִיפוֹת, ...
- Russian:обиняки, ...
- Ukrainian:обхідні висловлювання, ...
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