ambulance

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
• (AAVE, also) IPA: /ˈæm.bjəˌlæns/

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.

Related terms

• ambulatory
• ambulant

Translations

• French: ambulance
• German: Rettungswagen, Krankenwagen, Sanka, Ambulanz, Notarztwagen, Sanitätswagen
• Italian: ambulanza
• Portuguese: ambulância
• Russian: ско́рая по́мощь
• Spanish: ambulancia

Verb

ambulance (ambulances, present participle ambulancing; past and past participle ambulanced)

1. (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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