amble

See also: amblé and Amble

English

Etymology

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bəl/

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• Rhymes: -æmbəl

Noun

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Translations

an unhurried leisurely walk or stroll

• Bulgarian: бавна разходка f (bavna razhodka)
• Czech: procházka (cs) f
• Danish: spadsergang c
• Esperanto: promeno
• French: amble (fr)
• German: gemächlicher Gang (de) m, Spaziergang (de)
• Hungarian: ballagás (hu)
• Italian: passeggiare (it), deambulare (it), ambiare (it) class verb
• Portuguese: passeio (pt) m, caminhada (pt) f
• Romanian: plimbare (ro) f
• Russian: лёгкая похо́дка f (ljóxkaja poxódka)
• Spanish: deambular (es) m, ambular (es)
• Ukrainian: легка хода f (lehka xoda)

an easy gait, especially that of a horse

• Bulgarian: раван (bg) m (ravan)
• Catalan: ambladura (ca) f
• Czech: mimochod (cs) m
• Danish: pasgang c
• Esperanto: amblo
• German: Passgang (de) m
• Italian: ambio (it) m, ambiadura f
• Ottoman Turkish: اشكین (eşkin)
• Russian: и́ноходь (ru) f (ínoxodʹ)
• Ukrainian: інохідь f (inoxidʹ)

Verb

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

   amble through the park

2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

Synonyms

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

Derived terms

• ambler
• amblingly

Related terms

• ambulate
• ambulance
• ambulatory

Translations

to stroll or walk slowly and leisurely

• Bulgarian: вървя бавно (vǎrvja bavno), разхождам се бавно (razhoždam se bavno)
• Czech: procházet se impf, courat se impf
• Danish: spasere
• Dutch: slenteren (nl)
• Esperanto: ambli
• Estonian: jalutama
• French: déambuler (fr), ambler (fr)
• German: schlendern (de), flanieren (de), spazieren (de), zotteln (de)
• Icelandic: labba
• Maori: hāereere, whakatīhake
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spasere (no)

• Polish: spacerować (pl)
• Portuguese: passear (pt)
• Romanian: plimba (ro)
• Russian: гуля́ть (ru) impf (guljátʹ), брести́ (ru) impf (brestí)
• Spanish: deambular (es), ambular (es)

of a horse: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} вървя раван (vǎrvja ravan)
• Catalan: amblar (ca)
• Czech: jít mimochodem impf
• Esperanto: ambli
• French: ambler (fr)
• Italian: ambiare (it)
• Russian: бежа́ть и́ноходью impf (bežátʹ ínoxodʹju)
• Ukrainian: йти інохіддю (jty inoxiddju), бігти інохіддю (bihty inoxiddju)

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

amble

1. inflection of ambler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• blâme, blâmé

Spanish

Verb

amble

1. inflection of amblar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative