Dictionary

ambulate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæm.bjəˌleɪt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæm.bjuˌleɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Latin ambulātuslbor. English ambulate From Latin ambulātus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.

Meanings

1. (formal, intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
   • Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.
   • I'm working in social services, but I'm also suffering from a lot of chronic pain and limitation. I can't really sit at my desk because I need to ambulate a lot. 1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt, Aviva Shmuckler, “Disability And Accessibility Cost Money!”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 13:
   • For patients who can ambulate, a bedpan is usually not needed.

Forms

Deriveds

reambulate · ambulative · noctambulate · perambulate · preambulate

Relateds

ambulation · amble · ambulance · ambulator · ambi- · circumambulate · deambulate · ambulant · ambulatory · funambulate · somnambulate

Synonyms

ambulate · pedestrianize · raik · navigate

Translations (9)

de umherwandeln (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · de herumspazieren (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · de herumwandeln (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · es ambular (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · ru ходи́ть (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · de gehen (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · ru передвига́ться (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · de umherziehen (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) · de wandeln (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs)