ambuler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambulāre. Doublet of ambler.
Pronunciation
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Verb
ambuler
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ambulō
Middle English
Noun
ambuler
- alternative form of ambler