different between ambulant vs ambulate

English

Etymology

Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

1. Able to walk.
2. Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.

   an ambulant toilet

Translations

Noun

ambulant (plural ambulants)

1. A patient who is able to walk.

Further reading

• ambulant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Adjective

ambulant (masculine and feminine plural ambulants)

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

French

Etymology

From Latin ambulant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.by.l??/
• Homophone: ambulants

Adjective

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

1. walking, strolling

Verb

ambulant

1. present participle of ambuler

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambu?lant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: am?bu?lant

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

1. ambulant; outpatient (attributive noun)

Declension

Antonyms

• stationär

Related terms

• Ambulanz

Further reading

• “ambulant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

ambulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ambul?

Romanian

Etymology

From French ambulant, from Latin ambulans.

Adjective

ambulant m or n (feminine singular ambulant?, masculine plural ambulan?i, feminine and neuter plural ambulante)

1. peripatetic

Declension

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