ambulant

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (to walk).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

  1. Able to walk.
    • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
      They are crossing the carpark with difficulty for Rick is holding Pym's arm in an ambulant bearhug and they are advancing at an angle like a pair of crookedly hung overcoats.
  2. Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
    an ambulant toilet

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ambulant (plural ambulants)

  1. A patient who is able to walk.

Further reading

  • ambulant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Adjective

ambulant m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulants)

  1. travelling; itinerant (having no fixed location)
  2. ambulant; walking; able to walk

Etymology 2

Verb

ambulant

  1. gerund of ambular

Dutch

Etymology

From French ambulant.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

  1. ambulant

Declension

Declension of ambulant
uninflected ambulant
inflected ambulante
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial ambulant
indefinite m./f. sing. ambulante
n. sing. ambulant
plural ambulante
definite ambulante
partitive ambulants

Derived terms

  • ambulante zorg (outpatient care)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambulantem, present participle of ambulō (to walk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ambulant (feminine ambulante, masculine plural ambulants, feminine plural ambulantes)

  1. walking, strolling

Derived terms

  • hôpital ambulant

Participle

ambulant

  1. present participle of ambuler

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ambuˈlant/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lant

Adjective

ambulant (strong nominative masculine singular ambulanter, not comparable)

  1. (relational) ambulant; outpatient
    Antonym: stationär

Declension

Further reading

  • ambulant” in Duden online
  • ambulant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

ambulant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ambulō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambulant, from Latin ambulans.

Adjective

ambulant m or n (feminine singular ambulantă, masculine plural ambulanți, feminine and neuter plural ambulante)

  1. peripatetic

Declension

Declension of ambulant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite ambulant ambulantă ambulanți ambulante
definite ambulantul ambulanta ambulanții ambulantele
genitive-
dative
indefinite ambulant ambulante ambulanți ambulante
definite ambulantului ambulantei ambulanților ambulantelor