An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
ambulance in British English
(ˈæmbjʊləns)
noun
a motor vehicle designed to carry sick or injured people
Word origin
C19: from French, based on (hôpital) ambulant mobile or field (hospital), from Latin ambulāre to walk
ambulance in American English
(ˈæmbjələns; ˈæmbjuləns)
noun
1. Obsolete
a mobile field hospital
2.
a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded
Word origin
Fr < (hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see amble
Examples of 'ambulance' in a sentence
ambulance
Twice as many hospitals turned ambulances away last week compared with the same period last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
One ambulance driver said he had been there five hours.
The Sun (2017)
Three air ambulances were called to the crash.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He survived after begging his mum to call an ambulance.
The Sun (2016)
In some cases drivers were fined for failing to pull over for ambulances or police cars answering emergency calls.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ambulance transfers should take no longer than 15 minutes.
The Sun (2017)
As a result family members, ambulance staff and police are left struggling to cope.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She woke at 2am with abdominal pain and was taken back to hospital in an ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
In emergency cases, nurses can advise staff remotely on how to treat patients before an ambulance arrives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Six police cars, a dog unit vehicle and two ambulances are understood to have rushed to the scene.
The Sun (2016)
The police and ambulances were beginning to arrive.
Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
The ambulance service and hospital gave me brilliant treatment.
The Sun (2009)
Then she reminds me of a study in her book about doctors and ambulance drivers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There were two ambulances and four fire engines and two helicopters here straight away.
The Sun (2013)
To fly an air ambulance in this environment and with this team is really exceptional.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There was only one ambulance on call in the town.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Witnesses reported seeing a man on a stretcher being taken away by ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An ambulance will carry emergency blood supplies.
The Sun (2009)
The police and an ambulance arrived within nine minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The police and ambulance teams arrive at the crash site and help the injured.
The Sun (2015)
Police say they are being forced to take patients to hospital because ambulances are unavailable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Abroad women often painted alongside their roles as ambulance drivers or nurses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She could see two ambulances parked in the nearby depot but was too weak to walk there.
The Sun (2011)
Their insurance did not cover air ambulance repatriation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then my wife would have had to call an ambulance.
The Sun (2008)
The ambulances did not arrive for another two hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The police and ambulance service must work better together.
The Sun (2011)
Patients had to wait outside hospitals in large ambulances?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One suggestion was that he might work as a pilot with the air ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The claimant was an ambulance driver who was used to seeing people on life support in the course of his work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Cops, firefighters and five ambulance vehicles raced to the Bradford horror.
The Sun (2016)
Dozens of government armoured personnel carriers were seen moving into the area, while ambulances and other vehicles apparently carrying about 30 prisoners were seen leaving.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
ambulance
British English: ambulance /ˈæmbjʊləns/ NOUN
An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
American English: ambulance
Arabic: سَيَّارَةُ إِسْعاف
Brazilian Portuguese: ambulância
Chinese: 救护车
Croatian: kola hitne pomoći
Czech: sanitka
Danish: ambulance
Dutch: ambulance
European Spanish: ambulancia
Finnish: ambulanssi
French: ambulance
German: Rettungswagen
Greek: ασθενοφόρο
Italian: ambulanza
Japanese: 救急車
Korean: 구급차
Norwegian: ambulanse
Polish: karetka pogotowia
European Portuguese: ambulância
Romanian: ambulanță
Russian: машина скорой помощи
Latin American Spanish: ambulancia
Swedish: ambulans
Thai: รถพยาบาล
Turkish: cankurtaran tıp
Ukrainian: швидка допомога
Vietnamese: xe cứu thương
All related terms of 'ambulance'
air ambulance
An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital .
ambulance crew
the team of people who work in an ambulance
ambulance nurse
a nurse who works as part of an ambulance crew
ambulance train
a train designed to carry sick or injured people
field ambulance
a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
ambulance chaser
a lawyer who seeks to encourage and profit from the lawsuits of accident victims
ambulance driver
a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
ambulance service
the public organization that operates ambulances in a country
ambulance stocks
high-performance stocks and shares recommended by a broker to a dissatisfied client to improve their relationship
ambulance worker
An ambulance worker is a person who drives an ambulance or takes care of people in an ambulance on the way to hospital .
flying ambulance
an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
ambulance insurance
Ambulance insurance is insurance cover that covers the cost of an emergency ambulance if one is needed .
Saint John Ambulance
an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
St John Ambulance Brigade
an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training