ambulante

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃t/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophone: ambulantes

Adjective

ambulante

1. feminine singular of ambulant

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

ambulante

1. inflection of ambulant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ambulante, ambulantem, singular of ambulans (“traveling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.buˈlan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: am‧bu‧làn‧te

Adjective

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulanti)

1. travelling/traveling, itinerant
2. mobile (library)

Noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulanti)

1. peddler

Latin

Participle

ambulante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of ambulāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulantem, present participle of ambulāre (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lan‧te

Adjective

ambulante m or f (plural ambulantes)

1. walking (that is walking or able to walk)
2. walking; living (describes a person who is the embodiment of something)

   Ela é um livro ambulante. ― She is a living encyclopedia.

   • 1973 July 21, Raul Seixas, “Metamorfose Ambulante” (0:41 from the start), in Krig-ha, Bandolo!, Philips:

     Eu prefiro ser essa metamorfose ambulante / Do que ter aquela velha opinião formada sôbre tudo

     I prefer to be this walking metamorphosis rather than have that old opinion formed about everything.

3. travelling; itinerant (having no fixed location)

Noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)

1. peddler; hawker (street salesman)

   Synonyms: camelô, vendedor ambulante

Further reading

• “ambulante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ambulante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambulantem. Cognate with English ambulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambuˈlante/ [ãm.buˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧lan‧te

Adjective

ambulante m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambulantes)

1. travelling, ambulant

   un circo ambulante ― a traveling circus

2. street

   un vendedor ambulante ― a street vendor

Noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)

1. street vendor (walking or at a stand)

   Synonym: ventero

Derived terms

• ambulantaje

Related terms

• ambular

Further reading

• “ambulante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ambulante, from Latin ambulantem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔambuˈlante/ [ʔɐm.bʊˈlan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧lan‧te

Adjective

ambulante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. ambulant

   Synonyms: lagalag, gala, naglilibot, naglalakad

2. (fishing) a type of fish corral that incorporates a cage to trap fish as the tide recedes

Related terms

• ambulansiya

Further reading

• “ambulante”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ambulante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018