ambulant

/ˈæm.bjə.lənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.70 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

adj

noun

"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."
"The patients, mostly ambulant, were brought in one by one."
"an ambulant toilet"

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

ambulants (plural)

nonambulant

ambulatory

Questions

How do you pronounce ambulant?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/.

What does ambulant mean?

Able to walk; ambulatory.

Where does ambulant come from?

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

How to pronounce ambulant

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