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ambulance

noun

am·​bu·​lance ˈam-byə-lən(t)s How to pronounce ambulance (audio)
-bə-,
 also  -ˌlan(t)s
: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Four were taken to hospitals by ambulance, while the other four were treated at the store. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead, she was taken by ambulance to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, where she was later pronounced dead. Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022 NBC Philadelphia reported that two officers were flown to hospitals and that others were taken by ambulance. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Both were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to an Arkansas State Police news release. Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2022 She was taken twice by ambulance to a hospital that month, once after experiencing contractions and again after entering preterm labor at 25 weeks, according to her sister Whitney Martin and Rosado. James Pollard, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 Lada was taken by ambulance to a city hospital, where doctors repaired her perforated intestine just in time to save her life. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 She was taken to a hospital twice by ambulance in July. Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 Four firefighters were injured while working to put out the fire and were rushed to local hospitals by ambulance. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

earlier, "mobile medical facility following troops in the field, corps of surgeons and assistants caring for wounded soldiers in the field," borrowed from French, from ambulant "mobile, itinerant" (borrowed from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulāre "to go on foot, travel") + -ance -ance — more at amble entry 1

Note: As a name for a vehicle, in part short for ambulance wag(g)on and other collocations, probably after French wagon-ambulance, voiture d'ambulance, etc.

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ambulance was in 1825

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