ambulance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ambulance, from ambulant (“walking, shifting”), from Latin ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- (military) A mobile field hospital.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
emergency vehicle
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Further reading[edit]
- ambulance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambulance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension[edit]
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | ambulance | ambulance |
genitive | ambulance | ambulancí |
dative | ambulanci | ambulancím |
accusative | ambulanci | ambulance |
vocative | ambulance | ambulance |
locative | ambulanci | ambulancích |
instrumental | ambulancí | ambulancemi |
Synonyms[edit]
- (ambulance): sanitka
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ambulance in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ambulance in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
- Ze beschrijven uitvoerig hoe Maurice te hulp schoot, toen hij gegil hoorde, hoe hij iemand had zien wegvluchten uit de kamer en dat hij het was geweest, die een ambulance had gebeld.
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, "De ambulance", Zuipen (CD).
- Twee, drie, weken geleden kwam de ambulance / Bij onze buurman hier net om de hoek
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: ambulans
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
Further reading[edit]
- “ambulance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.
Noun[edit]
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
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