ambulante

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

ambulante

  1. feminine singular of ambulant

German

Pronunciation

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

  • 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 (lyrics and music), “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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambulantem. Cognate with English ambulant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ambuˈlante/
  • 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

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