ambulant
English
Etymology
Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).
Adjective
ambulant (not comparable)
- 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.
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- Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
- an ambulant toilet
Translations
able to walk
Noun
ambulant (plural ambulants)
- A patient who is able to walk.
Further reading
- ambulant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Adjective
ambulant (masculine and feminine plural ambulants)
- travelling; itinerant (having no fixed location)
- ambulant; walking; able to walk
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambulāns, ambulantem, present participle of ambulō (“I walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: ambulants
Adjective
ambulant (feminine ambulante, masculine plural ambulants, feminine plural ambulantes)
- walking, strolling
Participle
ambulant
- present participle of ambuler
Further reading
- “ambulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ambuˈlant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lant
Adjective
ambulant (strong nominative masculine singular ambulanter, not comparable)
- (relational) ambulant; outpatient
- Antonym: stationär
Declension
Positive forms of ambulant (uncomparable)
| 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 | |
Related terms
- Ambulanz
Further reading
- “ambulant” in Duden online
- “ambulant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Verb
ambulant
- third-person plural present active indicative of ambulō
Romanian
Etymology
From French ambulant, from Latin ambulans.
Adjective
ambulant m or n (feminine singular ambulantă, masculine plural ambulanți, feminine and neuter plural ambulante)
- peripatetic
Declension
Declension of ambulant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ambulant | ambulantă | ambulanți | ambulante | ||
| definite | ambulantul | ambulanta | ambulanții | ambulantele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ambulant | ambulante | ambulanți | ambulante | ||
| definite | ambulantului | ambulantei | ambulanților | ambulantelor | |||