ambulant
English
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.
- Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
- an ambulant toilet
Derived terms
Translations
able to walk
Further reading
- “ambulant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Adjective
ambulant m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulants)
- travelling; itinerant (having no fixed location)
- ambulant; walking; able to walk
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Declension
Inflection of ambulant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | ambulant | |||
inflected | ambulante | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ambulant | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | ambulante | ||
n. sing. | ambulant | |||
plural | ambulante | |||
definite | ambulante | |||
partitive | ambulants |
Derived terms
- ambulante zorg (“outpatient care”)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambulantem, present participle of ambulō (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: ambulants
Adjective
ambulant (feminine ambulante, masculine plural ambulants, feminine plural ambulantes)
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)
Related terms
Latin
Romanian
Adjective
ambulant m or n (feminine singular ambulantă, masculine plural ambulanți, feminine and neuter plural ambulante)
Declension
Declension of ambulant
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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