ambulatory

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
2. (comparable) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
3. Performed on or involving an outpatient.
4. Relating to ambulances.
5. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
6. Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.

Noun

1. The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
2. Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.

Synonyms

ambulant

movable

astir

detachable

mobile

motile

moveable

outpatient

out-patient

perambulatory

peripatetic

temporary

transient

walk

🚶

walking

🚶

about

able to walk

afoot

Translations

déambulatoire

ambulatorio

ambulatoire

ambulant

κινητός

ambulante

ambulante

🚶

περιπατητικός

deambulatori

ambulacro

charola

deambulatorio

ambulante

περιστύλιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈam.bjə.ləˌtoɹ.i/

Etymology

From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory.