ambulance
English

Ambulances
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from ambulant (“walking, shifting”), from Latin ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- (military) A mobile field hospital.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- heart ambulance
- wambulance
Related terms
Translations
emergency vehicle
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Further reading
- ambulance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ambulance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Czech
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension
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
- (ambulance): sanitka
Related terms
- ambulantní
- ambulantně
Further reading
- ambulance in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ambulance in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
ambulance
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
Further reading
- “ambulance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
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