ambulance — a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈæmbjələns/
Example Sentences
- The pizza delivery guy was so slow that we joked about calling an ambulance for the starving customers.
- She called an ambulance immediately when her grandfather collapsed.
- The ambulance siren woke up the entire neighborhood at 3 AM.
ambulance
NOUN[/ˈæmbjələns/]
a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
An ambulance races through traffic to rush a patient to the hospital.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From French ambulance, derived from the Latin ambulans (walking, moving). Originally referred to a mobile medical facility established during the Napoleonic Wars to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield, literally meaning 'a moving hospital.'
Breakdown
ambulant (walking, mobile, from Latin ambulare meaning 'to walk') + -ance (suffix denoting state or condition).
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The pizza delivery guy was so slow that we joked about calling an ambulance for the starving customers.”
“She called an ambulance immediately when her grandfather collapsed.”
“The ambulance siren woke up the entire neighborhood at 3 AM.”
“My friend is such a drama queen that she wants an ambulance every time she gets a paper cut.”
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