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ambulante

[ am-byuh-lahnt; French ahn-by-lahnt ]
/ ˌæm byəˈlɑnt; French ɑ̃ büˈlɑ̃t /
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noun, plural am·bu·lantes [am-byuh-lahnts; French ahn-by-lahnt] /ˌæm byəˈlɑnts; French ɑ̃ büˈlɑ̃t/.

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

Nearby words

  1. ambulacrum,
  2. ambulance,
  3. ambulance chaser,
  4. ambulance stocks,
  5. ambulant,
  6. ambulate,
  7. ambulatory,
  8. ambulatory care,
  9. ambulatory surgery,
  10. ambulette

Origin of ambulante

< French: literally, walking, feminine of ambulant, present participle of ambuler < Latin ambulāre. See amble
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Examples from the Web for ambulante

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

    Egoists|James Huneker