ambulance

[ am-byuh-luhns ]
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noun
  1. a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usually to a hospital.

  2. (formerly) a field hospital.

Origin of ambulance

1
1800–10; <French, equivalent to (hôpital) ambul(ant) walking (hospital) + -ance-ance. See ambulant

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ambulance

/ (ˈæmbjʊləns) /


noun
  1. a motor vehicle designed to carry sick or injured people

Origin of ambulance

1
C19: from French, based on (hôpital) ambulant mobile or field (hospital), from Latin ambulāre to walk

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