ambulant

English

Etymology

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

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

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Further reading

Catalan

Adjective

ambulant (masculine and feminine plural ambulants)

  1. ambulant; walking; able to walk

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
  • 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
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

  1. ambulant; outpatient (attributive noun)

Declension
Declension of ambulant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist ambulant sie ist ambulant es ist ambulant sie sind ambulant
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative ambulanter ambulante ambulantes ambulante
genitive ambulanten ambulanter ambulanten ambulanter
dative ambulantem ambulanter ambulantem ambulanten
accusative ambulanten ambulante ambulantes ambulante
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der ambulante die ambulante das ambulante die ambulanten
genitive des ambulanten der ambulanten des ambulanten der ambulanten
dative dem ambulanten der ambulanten dem ambulanten den ambulanten
accusative den ambulanten die ambulante das ambulante die ambulanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein ambulanter eine ambulante ein ambulantes (keine) ambulanten
genitive eines ambulanten einer ambulanten eines ambulanten (keiner) ambulanten
dative einem ambulanten einer ambulanten einem ambulanten (keinen) ambulanten
accusative einen ambulanten eine ambulante ein ambulantes (keine) ambulanten

Antonyms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

ambulant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ambulō
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