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ambulanceman
English
Etymology
ambulance +? -man
Noun
ambulanceman (plural ambulancemen)
- A man who is a driver of an ambulance or a member of its crew
Related terms
- ambulancewoman
Translations
ambulanceman From the web:
ambulance
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from (hôpital) ambulant (“walking, shifting (hospital)”), from Latin ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æm.bj?.l?ns/
- (AAVE, also) IPA(key): /?æm.bj??læns/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lance
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]
- (military) A mobile field hospital. [1798]
- (obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- ambulatory
- ambulant
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????????? (embulens)
Translations
Verb
ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)
- (transitive) To transport by ambulance.
Further reading
- ambulance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ambulance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ambulant?s?]
Noun
ambulance f
- ambulance
- hospital ward or department that offers outpatient care
Declension
Synonyms
- (ambulance): sanitka
Related terms
- ambulantní
- ambulantn?
Further reading
- ambulance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- ambulance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.by?l?n.s?/
- Hyphenation: am?bu?lan?ce
- Rhymes: -?ns?
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
- Ze beschrijven uitvoerig hoe Maurice te hulp schoot, toen hij gegil hoorde, hoe hij iemand had zien wegvluchten uit de kamer en dat hij het was geweest, die een ambulance had gebeld.
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, "De ambulance", Zuipen (CD).
- Twee, drie, weken geleden kwam de ambulance / Bij onze buurman hier net om de hoek
- 1975, Anke de Vries, Het geheim van Mories Besjoer, Lemniscaat, 59.
Synonyms
- ziekenauto
- ziekenwagen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambulans
- ? Indonesian: ambulans
French
Etymology
From Latin ambulans, present participle of ambul? (“I walk, I go about”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.by.l??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- ambulance
Descendants
- ? Dutch: ambulance (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ambulance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambulance and French ambulance.
Noun
ambulance f (plural ambulances)
- (Jersey) ambulance
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