ambulate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“I walk, go about”). Cognate to amble.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

   Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:walk

Translations

walk; relocate oneself using one's legs

• German: gehen (de), wandeln (de), umherwandeln, umherziehen (de), herumspazieren, herumwandeln (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: передвига́ться (ru) impf (peredvigátʹsja), ходи́ть (ru) impf (xodítʹ)

Related terms

• ambi-
• amble
• ambulance
• ambulant
• ambulation
• ambulator
• ambulatory

Further reading

• “ambulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ambulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ambulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ambulō

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ambulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ambulātus