different between ambulator vs ambulate

English

Noun

ambulator (plural ambulators)

1. A walker; one who walks.

Latin

Etymology

From ambul? (“walk; travel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /am.bu?la?.tor/, [ämb????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.bu?la.tor/, [?mbu?l??t??r]

Noun

ambul?tor m (genitive ambul?t?ris); third declension

1. A person that walks about; walker.
2. idler, lounger
3. peddler, hawker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ambul?t?rius
• ambul?trix

Related terms

Descendants

• English: ambulator

Verb

ambul?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ambul?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ambul?

References

• ambulator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambulator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ambulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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