ambuler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambulāre. Doublet of ambler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ambuler

1. (archaic) to walk, stroll

Usage notes

The prefixed verb déambuler is still common.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ambuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ambulant /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ambulé /ɑ̃.by.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ambule /ɑ̃.byl/	ambules /ɑ̃.byl/	ambule /ɑ̃.byl/	ambulons /ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	ambulez /ɑ̃.by.le/	ambulent /ɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect	ambulais /ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	ambulais /ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	ambulait /ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	ambulions /ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	ambuliez /ɑ̃.by.lje/	ambulaient /ɑ̃.by.lɛ/
	past historic2	ambulai /ɑ̃.by.le/	ambulas /ɑ̃.by.la/	ambula /ɑ̃.by.la/	ambulâmes /ɑ̃.by.lam/	ambulâtes /ɑ̃.by.lat/	ambulèrent /ɑ̃.by.lɛʁ/
	future	ambulerai /ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	ambuleras /ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	ambulera /ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	ambulerons /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/	ambulerez /ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	ambuleront /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ambulerais /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	ambulerais /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	ambulerait /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	ambulerions /ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ambuleriez /ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁje/	ambuleraient /ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ambule /ɑ̃.byl/	ambules /ɑ̃.byl/	ambule /ɑ̃.byl/	ambulions /ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	ambuliez /ɑ̃.by.lje/	ambulent /ɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect2	ambulasse /ɑ̃.by.las/	ambulasses /ɑ̃.by.las/	ambulât /ɑ̃.by.la/	ambulassions /ɑ̃.by.la.sjɔ̃/	ambulassiez /ɑ̃.by.la.sje/	ambulassent /ɑ̃.by.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ambule /ɑ̃.byl/	—	ambulons /ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	ambulez /ɑ̃.by.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “ambuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

ambuler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ambulō

Middle English

Noun

ambuler

1. Alternative form of ambler