amble

See also: amblé and Amble

English

Etymology

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æmbəl

Noun

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

   slow amble

   casual amble

   • 1983 (2022), Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, pages 25-26:

     The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street, looking around him with an expression of keen interest.

2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
3. (computing) That which follows the preamble, by analogy.

Translations

an unhurried leisurely walk or stroll

• Bulgarian: бавна разходка f (bavna razhodka)
• Czech: procházka (cs) f
• Danish: spadsergang c
• Esperanto: promeno
• French: amble (fr)
• German: gemächlicher Gang (de) m, Spaziergang (de)
• Hungarian: ballagás (hu)
• Italian: passeggiare (it), deambulare (it), ambiare (it) class verb
• Polish: spacer (pl) m, przechadzka (pl) f
• Portuguese: passeio (pt) m, caminhada (pt) f
• Romanian: plimbare (ro) f
• Russian: лёгкая похо́дка f (ljóxkaja poxódka)
• Spanish: deambular (es) m, ambular (es)
• Ukrainian: легка хода f (lehka xoda)

an easy gait, especially that of a horse

• Bulgarian: раван (bg) m (ravan)
• Catalan: ambladura (ca) f
• Czech: mimochod (cs) m
• Danish: pasgang c
• Esperanto: amblo
• German: Passgang (de) m
• Italian: ambio (it) m, ambiadura f
• Polish: krok spacerowy m
• Russian: и́ноходь (ru) f (ínoxodʹ)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: اشكین (eşkin)

• Ukrainian: інохідь f (inoxidʹ)

Verb

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

   amble through the park

   slow amble

   They decided to amble along the beach at sunset.

   Tourists ambled through the narrow streets of the old town.

2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

Synonyms

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

Derived terms

• ambler
• amblingly

Related terms

• ambulate
• ambulance
• ambulatory

Translations

to stroll or walk slowly and leisurely

• Bulgarian: вървя бавно (vǎrvja bavno), разхождам се бавно (razhoždam se bavno)
• Czech: procházet se impf, courat se impf
• Danish: spasere
• Dutch: slenteren (nl)
• Esperanto: ambli
• Estonian: jalutama
• French: déambuler (fr), ambler (fr)
• German: schlendern (de), flanieren (de), spazieren (de), zotteln (de)
• Icelandic: labba
• Māori: hāereere, whakatīhake
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spasere (no)

• Polish: spacerować (pl) impf, przechadzać się impf
• Portuguese: passear (pt)
• Romanian: plimba (ro)
• Russian: гуля́ть (ru) impf (guljátʹ), брести́ (ru) impf (brestí)
• Spanish: deambular (es), ambular (es)

of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} вървя раван (vǎrvja ravan)
• Catalan: amblar (ca)
• Czech: jít mimochodem impf
• Esperanto: ambli
• French: ambler (fr)
• Italian: ambiare (it)
• Polish: iść krokiem spacerowym impf
• Russian: бежа́ть и́ноходью impf (bežátʹ ínoxodʹju)
• Ukrainian: йти інохіддю (jty inoxiddju), бігти інохіддю (bihty inoxiddju)

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃bl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

amble

1. inflection of ambler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• blâme, blâmé

Spanish

Verb

amble

1. inflection of amblar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative