ambulance
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ambulance
- /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/
- /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
- /ˈæm.bjəˌlæns/
- /ˈæm.bəˌlæns/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).
noun ambulances
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An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.
Similar: band-aid buggy, blood box, body box, bone box, meat wagon
- A mobile field hospital.
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A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
Similar: private ambulance
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Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
Similar: stretcher
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Synonym of covered wagon.
Similar: covered wagon
verb ambulances · ambulancing · ambulanced
- To transport by ambulance. Ambulancing patients with acute obstruction over cobble and rails should not be tolerated; better render the necessary service where the patient is found.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: medevac, bus, van, ammo, rig, jammer, messenger, ambulatory, chaser, rescue, evacuation, saving, follower, stalker, aid, aiding
Translations
Every language
noun emergency vehicle
| Español | ambulancia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 앰뷸런스 aembyulleonseu, 구급차 gugeupcha |
| 日本語 | 救急車 kyūkyūsha |
| 中文 | 救護車 /救护车 jiùhùchē, 救生車 /救生车 jiùshēngchē |
| हिन्दी | एम्बुलेंस embulens, रोगी-वाहन rogī-vāhan |
| Kiswahili | ambyulensi, ambulensi |
| Português | ambulância |
| Français | ambulance |
| Deutsch | Ambulanz, Krankenwagen, Notarztwagen, Rettung, Rettungsauto, Rettungswagen |
| Italiano | ambulanza |
| Ελληνικά | ασθενοφόρο asthenofóro |
| Română | ambulanță |
| Русский | автомоби́ль ско́рой по́мощи avtomobílʹ skóroj pómošči, ско́рая по́мощь skóraja pómoščʹ, каре́та ско́рой по́мощи karéta skóroj pómošči, санита́рная маши́на sanitárnaja mašína, неотло́жка neotlóžka, ско́рая skóraja |
| Tiếng Việt | xe cứu thương, xe cấp cứu |
| العربية | سَيَّارَة إِسْعَاف sayyārat ʔisʕāf |
| עברית | אַמְבּוּלַנְס ámbulans |
Talk about this word "ambulance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ambulance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ambulance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ambulance "ambulance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ambulance.Cite this
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title = {ambulance},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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