ambulance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced French (hôpital) ambulant (“walking, shifting (hospital)”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
- (AAVE, also) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjəˌlæns/
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. [1854[1]]
- (military) A mobile field hospital. [1798[1]]
- (obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.[1]]
Derived terms
- air ambulance
- amberlamps
- ambulance-chase
- ambulance chaser
- ambulance chasing
- ambulanceman
- ambulance train
- ambulancewoman
- call an ambulance
- field ambulance
- motor-ambulance
- wambulance
Related terms
- ambulatory
- ambulant
Descendants
- → Baharna Arabic: عمبلوص (ʕambalūṣ)
- → Hindi: एम्बुलेंस (embulens)
- → Swahili: ambulensi
Translations
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Verb
ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)
- (transitive) To transport by ambulance.
- 1918, Western Surgical Association: Transactions, volume 27, page 66:
- Ambulancing patients with acute obstruction over cobble and rails should not be tolerated; better render the necessary service where the patient is found.
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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
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ambulance”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈambulant͡sɛ]
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
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
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑmbuˈlɑŋsə/
Noun
ambulance c (singular definite ambulancen, plural indefinite ambulancer)
- ambulance
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ambulance | ambulancen | ambulancer | ambulancerne |
genitive | ambulances | ambulancens | ambulancers | ambulancernes |
References
- “ambulance” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French 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
- ziekenauto
- ziekenwagen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambulans
- → Indonesian: ambulans
- → Sranan Tongo: ambilans
- → Caribbean Javanese: ambilas
French
Etymology
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulō (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
Descendants
- → Dutch: ambulance (see there for further descendants)
- → English: ambulance
- → Romanian: ambulanță
- → Turkish: ambulans
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)
- (Jersey) ambulance