ambulance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from ambulant (“walking, shifting”), from Latin ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lance
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- (military) A mobile field hospital.
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Translations
emergency vehicle
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Further reading
- “ambulance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ambulance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension
Synonyms
- (ambulance): sanitka
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambulans
French
Etymology
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
Further reading
- “ambulance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
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