ambulance
English

Ambulances
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from ambulant (“walking, shifting”), from Latin ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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
Dutch

ambulance
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑm.byˈlɑn.sə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lan‧ce
- Rhymes: -ɑnsə
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
Further reading
- “ambulance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
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