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 Definitions of ambulance  [ˈæm byə ləns]  

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Definition of 'ambulance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ambulance
a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usu. to a hospital.

2.  ambulance
(formerly) a field hospital.

Etymology:  (1800–10; < F, = (hôpital) ambul(ant) walking (hospital) +-ance -ance . See ambulant)

Definition of 'ambulance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ambulance
a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals


Definition of 'ambulance' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) ambulance
a vehicle used to bring the sick or injured to the hospital


Definition of 'ambulance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ambulance
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

2. (noun) ambulance
an ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital


Translation of 'ambulance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a vehicle for carrying the sick and injured to hospital etc
Call an ambulance; – this man is very ill!

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ambulans Arabic flag Arabic: سَيَّارَة إسْعاف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: линейка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ambulância Czech flag Czech: sanitka German flag German: der Krankenwagen
Danish flag Danish: ambulance Greek flag Greek: ασθενοφόρο Spanish flag Spanish: ambulancia
Estonian flag Estonian: kiirabiauto Farsi flag Farsi: آمبولانس Finnish flag Finnish: ambulanssi
French flag French: ambulance Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַמבּוּלַנס Hindi flag Hindi: एम्बुलेंस
Croatian flag Croatian: kola hitne pomoći Hungarian flag Hungarian: mentőautó, a mentők Indonesian flag Indonesian: ambulans
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sjúkrabíll Italian flag Italian: ambulanza Japanese flag Japanese: 救急車
Korean flag Korean: 구급차 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: greitosios pagalbos mašin Latvian flag Latvian: ātrās palīdzības mašīna
Malay flag Malay: kereta ambulan Dutch flag Dutch: ambulance Norwegian flag Norwegian: ambulanse, sykebil
Polish flag Polish: karetka pogotowia Persian flag Persian: آمبولانس Pashto flag Pashto: امبولانس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ambulância Romanian flag Romanian: am­bu­lanţă Russian flag Russian: машина скорой помощи
Slovak flag Slovak: sanitka Slovenian flag Slovenian: rešilni avto Serbian flag Serbian: sanitetski automobil
Swedish flag Swedish: ambulans Thai flag Thai: รถพยาบาล Turkish flag Turkish: ambulans
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 救護車 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: машина швидкої допомоги Urdu flag Urdu: مریض کو لے جانے والی گاڑی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xe cấp cứu Chinese flag Chinese: 救护车

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