ambler
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English amblere; equivalent to amble + -er.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæm.blɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.blə/
- Rhymes: -æmblə(ɹ)
Noun
editambler (plural amblers)
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French ambler, borrowed from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulāre. Doublet of ambuler, and partially of aller.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editambler
Conjugation
editinfinitive | simple | ambler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amblant /ɑ̃.blɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | amblé /ɑ̃.ble/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | amble /ɑ̃bl/ |
ambles /ɑ̃bl/ |
amble /ɑ̃bl/ |
amblons /ɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
amblez /ɑ̃.ble/ |
amblent /ɑ̃bl/ |
imperfect | amblais /ɑ̃.blɛ/ |
amblais /ɑ̃.blɛ/ |
amblait /ɑ̃.blɛ/ |
amblions /ɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ambliez /ɑ̃.bli.je/ |
amblaient /ɑ̃.blɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amblai /ɑ̃.ble/ |
amblas /ɑ̃.bla/ |
ambla /ɑ̃.bla/ |
amblâmes /ɑ̃.blam/ |
amblâtes /ɑ̃.blat/ |
amblèrent /ɑ̃.blɛʁ/ | |
future | amblerai /ɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ambleras /ɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
amblera /ɑ̃.blə.ʁa/ |
amblerons /ɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
amblerez /ɑ̃.blə.ʁe/ |
ambleront /ɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amblerais /ɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
amblerais /ɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
amblerait /ɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/ |
amblerions /ɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ambleriez /ɑ̃.blə.ʁje/ |
ambleraient /ɑ̃.blə.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 | amble /ɑ̃bl/ |
ambles /ɑ̃bl/ |
amble /ɑ̃bl/ |
amblions /ɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ambliez /ɑ̃.bli.je/ |
amblent /ɑ̃bl/ |
imperfect2 | amblasse /ɑ̃.blas/ |
amblasses /ɑ̃.blas/ |
amblât /ɑ̃.bla/ |
amblassions /ɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
amblassiez /ɑ̃.bla.sje/ |
amblassent /ɑ̃.blas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amble /ɑ̃bl/ |
— | amblons /ɑ̃.blɔ̃/ |
amblez /ɑ̃.ble/ |
— | |
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
edit- “ambler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulāre, present active infinitive of ambulō. See also aler, which was inherited (in part) from the same Latin verb.
Verb
editambler
- (of a horse) to amble
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | ambler | avoir amblé | |||||
gerund | en amblant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | amblant | ||||||
past participle | amblé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | amble | ambles | amble | amblons | amblez | amblent |
imperfect | ambloie, ambleie, ambloe, ambleve | ambloies, ambleies, ambloes, ambleves | ambloit, ambleit, amblot, ambleve | ambliiens, ambliens | ambliiez, ambliez | ambloient, ambleient, ambloent, amblevent | |
preterite | amblai | amblas | ambla | amblames | amblastes | amblerent | |
future | amblerai | ambleras | amblera | amblerons | ambleroiz, amblereiz, amblerez | ambleront | |
conditional | ambleroie, amblereie | ambleroies, amblereies | ambleroit, amblereit | ambleriiens, ambleriens | ambleriiez, ambleriez | ambleroient, amblereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | amble | ambles | amble | amblons | amblez | amblent |
imperfect | amblasse | amblasses | amblast | amblissons, amblissiens | amblissoiz, amblissez, amblissiez | amblassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | amble | — | amblons | amblez | — |
Descendants
edit- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æmblə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/æmblə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:People
- en:Horses
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms borrowed from Old Occitan
- French terms derived from Old Occitan
- French terms derived from Latin
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French terms with archaic senses
- French verbs with conjugation -er
- French first group verbs
- Old French terms borrowed from Old Occitan
- Old French terms derived from Old Occitan
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er