ambulate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“I walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/, /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/, /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æmbjʊleɪt
- Hyphenation: som‧nam‧bu‧late
Verb edit
ambulate (third-person singular simple present ambulates, present participle ambulating, simple past and past participle ambulated)
- (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 edit
See Thesaurus:walk
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- ambi-
- amble
- ambulance
- ambulant
- ambulation
- ambulator
- ambulatory
- somnambulate
- funambulate
- circumambulate
Translations edit
walk; relocate oneself using one's legs
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Further reading edit
- “ambulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ambulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Verb edit
ambulāte
Participle edit
ambulāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
ambulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ambular combined with te