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ambulant

/ˈæm.bjə.lənt/

ambulant adjective: able to walk; ambulatory.

Adjective

ambulant (not comparable)

  1. Able to walk; ambulatory.
    • 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.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
    • The patients, mostly ambulant, were brought in one by one.2017, Theodore Dalrymple, The Knife Went In
  2. Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
    • an ambulant toilet

Noun

ambulant (plural ambulants)

  1. A patient who is able to walk.

ambulant meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

ambulant in Tamil

நடமாடு, நடமாடும், நடமாடும் திறன், நடக்கிற, இடம்விட்டுப் பெயர்கிற

ambulant in Urdu

چَلنے کے قابل, گَشتی, جَگَہ جَگَہ گھُومنے والا, سَیّار

ambulant in Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಾಡುವ

Forms of ambulant

pluralambulants

Origin of ambulant

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

Words formed from ambulant

Questions about ambulant

What does ambulant mean?
Ambulant means able to walk; ambulatory.
What is ambulant in Tamil?
Ambulant in Tamil is நடமாடு, நடமாடும், நடமாடும் திறன். See Ambulant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ambulant?
Ambulant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ambulant?
Ambulant is pronounced /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/ (US).

Words near ambulant in the dictionary

  1. ambulancewoman
  2. ambulancewomen
  3. ambulancier
  4. ambulanciers
  5. ambulancing
  6. ambulant
  7. ambulants
  8. Ambulas
  9. ambulate
  10. ambulated
  11. ambulates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ambulant (page history and authors); ambulant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ambulant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ambulant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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