Grammatical class

Adjective

ambulant

walking, strolling

Details

Syllables

am-bu-lant

Phonetics

ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

47188

Freq. (movies)

58995

Freq. (news)

17685

Sentences

C'était un marchand ambulant.

He was a wandering peddler.

A1

Il est un squelette ambulant.

He is a walking skeleton.

A1

Il est ce qu'on appelle un dictionnaire ambulant.

He is what we call a walking dictionary.

A1

M. Johnson est, en quelque sorte, un dictionnaire ambulant.

Mr Johnson is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

A1

Es-tu un dictionnaire ambulant ?

Are you a walking dictionary?

A2

C'est un dictionnaire ambulant.

He is called a walking dictionary.

B1

Le vieil homme est, pour ainsi dire, un dictionnaire ambulant.

That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

B1