different between gait vs ambulation
gait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophone: gate
Etymology 1
From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
- (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Translations
Verb
gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Etymology 2
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
- (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.
Anagrams
- Gita, taig
Middle English
Noun
gait
- (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Old Irish
Etymology
Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ad?/
Noun
gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)
- verbal noun of gataid: theft
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
Scots
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- goat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?t/
Verb
gait
- Soft mutation of cait.
Mutation
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ambulation
English
Noun
ambulation (countable and uncountable, plural ambulations)
- walking
Translations
Related terms
- ambi-
- amble
- ambulance
- ambulant
- ambulate
- ambulator
- ambulatory
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