ambulante

[ am-byuh-lahnt; French ahn-by-lahnt ]

noun

, plural am·bu·lantes [am-by, uh, -, lahnts, ah, n, -b, y, -, lahnt].

1. a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulante¹

< French: literally, walking, feminine of ambulant, present participle of ambuler < Latin ambulāre. See amble

Example Sentences

At school they nick-named him "la Tour ambulante," because of his thick-set figure.

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