different between amble vs ambulate

English

Etymology

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambul? (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.b?l/
• Rhymes: -æmb?l

Noun

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Translations

Verb

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

Synonyms

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

Derived terms

• ambler

Related terms

• ambulate
• ambulance
• ambulatory

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

French

Verb

amble

1. first-person singular present indicative of ambler
2. third-person singular present indicative of ambler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
5. second-person singular imperative of ambler

Anagrams

• blâme, blâmé

Spanish

Verb

amble

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amblar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amblar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of amblar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of amblar.

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambul? (“I walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æmbj?le?t/

Verb

ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)

1. (intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

   Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:walk

Translations

Related terms

• ambi-
• amble
• ambulance
• ambulant
• ambulation
• ambulator
• ambulatory
• somnambulate
• funambulate
• circumambulate

Further reading

• ambulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ambulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

ambul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ambul?

Participle

ambul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ambul?tus