ambulant
/ˈæm.bjə.lənt/adjective, noun
ambulant is spelled A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ambulant means “Able to walk; ambulatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ambulant?
| Letters | 8: A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ambulant?
Ambulant appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ambulant?
- US /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/
Ambulant has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-ambulant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ambulant
- ambulants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ambulant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Able to walk; ambulatory.
- 2
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
an ambulant toilet
noun
- 1
A patient who is able to walk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ambulant come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).