LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

ambulāns

ambulāns (genitive ambulantis)
Classical[ˈam.bʊ.ɫãːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈam.bu.lans]

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticipletraversing, traveling
  2. one terminationparticiplewalking

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  3. Latinambulāns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin ambulāns Present active participle of ambulō (“to walk; travel”).

Descendants
  • Catalanambulant
  • Frenchambulant
  • Italianambulante
  • Portugueseambulante
  • Romanianambulant
  • Spanishambulante

In English words that came into English from ambulāns

  • ambulantambulāns

Quick answers

What does ambulāns mean in Latin?
ambulāns, a verb, means “traversing, traveling; walking”.
What are the principal parts of ambulāns?
ambulāns, ambulantis (third-declension one-termination participle).
How do you pronounce ambulāns?
In classical Latin, [ˈam.bʊ.ɫãːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈam.bu.lans].
Where does ambulāns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? → Latin ambulāns.