disambiguation
/dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses."
- "Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ambiguation English disambiguation From dis- + ambiguation.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/