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Ambulance

Am′bu-lance

,
Noun.
[F.
ambulance
, hôpital
ambulant
, fr. L.
ambulare
to walk. See
Amble
.]
(Mil.)
(a)
A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively;
as, an
ambulance
wagon;
ambulance
stretcher;
ambulance
corps.
(b)
An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

Definition 2024


ambulance

ambulance

English

Ambulances

Noun

ambulance (plural ambulances)

  1. An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
  2. (military) A mobile field hospital.

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External links

  • 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

  1. ambulance
  2. hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care

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Dutch

ambulance

Noun

ambulance f (plural ambulances)

  1. 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

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

ambulance f (plural ambulances)

  1. ambulance

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English ambulance and French ambulance.

Noun

ambulance f (plural ambulances)

  1. (Jersey) ambulance