ambulance

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/, /ˈæm.bə.ləns/ (African-American Vernacular, also Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bjəˌlæns/, /ˈæm.bəˌlæns/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈamb(j)ʊləns/ Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lance === Noun === ambulance (plural ambulances) An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [from 1854] Synonyms: (slang) band-aid buggy, (slang) blood box, (slang) body box, (slang) bone box, (slang) meat wagon (military) A mobile field hospital. [from 1798] (UK) A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary. Synonym: private ambulance (chiefly UK, obsolete) Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport. (US, obsolete) Synonym of covered wagon. [from late 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced) (transitive) To transport by ambulance. === References === === Further reading === “ambulance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “ambulance, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 171, column 2. “ambulance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ambulance, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 171, column 2. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ambulance. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈambulant͡sɛ] Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lan‧ce === Noun === ambulance f hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care ambulance (emergency vehicle) Synonym: sanitka ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “ambulance”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ambulance”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ambulance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑm.buˈlɑŋ.sə/ Rhymes: -ɑŋsə Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lan‧ce === Noun === ambulance c (singular definite ambulancen, plural indefinite ambulancer) ambulance (emergency vehicle) ==== Declension ==== === References === “ambulance” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Alternative forms === ambu (clipping, informal) === Etymology === Borrowed from French ambulance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑm.byˈlɑn.sə/, [ˌɑm.byˈlɑ̃ː.sə] Rhymes: -ɑnsə Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lan‧ce === Noun === ambulance f (plural ambulances, no diminutive) ambulance (emergency vehicle) Synonyms: ziekenauto, ziekenwagen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ambulans → Indonesian: ambulans → Sranan Tongo: ambilans → Caribbean Javanese: ambilas === Further reading === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “ambulance”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001 == French == === Etymology === From Latin ambulāns, present participle of ambulō (“to walk, to go about”), replacing earlier hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lance === Noun === ambulance f (plural ambulances) ambulance (emergency vehicle) ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: ambulance (see there for further descendants) → English: ambulance → Portuguese: ambulância → 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 (emergency vehicle)