ambulance

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//ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s//
//ˈæm.bjə.ləns//
//ˈæm.bjəˌlæns//
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An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.

sustantivo

1
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.
2
A mobile field hospital.
3
A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
4
obsoletoSynonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
5
obsoletoSynonym of covered wagon.

Etimología

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin ambulānsbor. French ambulant ▲ Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ance Middle French -ance French -ance French ambulancebor. English ambulance Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).

verbo

1
To transport by ambulance.
Ambulancing patients with acute obstruction over cobble and rails should not be tolerated; better render the necessary service where the patient is found.

Formas

plural: ambulances
pasado: ambulanced
participio: ambulanced
gerundio: ambulancing
3.ª persona del singular: ambulances

ambitious · Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor,…ambrose · A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).Ambrose · A male given name from Ancient Greek.

ambulance · An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.

ambush · The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or…ambushed · Having been the target of an ambush.amelia · The congenital absence of one or more limbs.

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