déambulatoire
French, noun/de.ɑ̃.by.la.twaʁ/
déambulatoire is spelled D-É-A-M-B-U-L-A-T-O-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déambulatoire is a French masculine noun meaning “the round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals, ambulatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nef qui entoure le chœur d’une église et où l’on peut circuler”.
What does déambulatoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals, ambulatory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à la déambulation.
noun: 1. Nef qui entoure le chœur d’une église et où l’on peut circuler.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of déambulatoire
- déambulatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déambulatoire?
- /de.ɑ̃.by.la.twaʁ/
- \de.ɑ̃.by.la.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déambulatoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déambulatoire in French?
déambulatoire appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).