ambulance - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - ambivalent
  - ambivert
  - amble
  - amblyopia
  - ambo
  - amboyna
  - ambrosia
  - ambrosia beetle
  - ambry
  - ambulacrum
  - ambulance
  - ambulance-chaser
  - ambulant
  - ambulate
  - ambulatory
  - ambuscade
  - ambush
  - ameba
  - amebiasis
  - amelanchier
  - ameliorate
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

ambulance

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ambulance/ˈambjələns/

▶noun a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital. ▶verb convey in an ambulance.

– origin C19: Fr., from hôpital ambulant ‘mobile field hospital’, from L. ambulant- (see ambulant).

'ambulance' also found in these Oxford entries:

ambulance-chaser

Forum discussions with the word(s) "ambulance" in the title:

ambulance chaser
An ambulance came to rescue
call for an ambulance
call for the ambulance
EMS [Emergency medical services] - a term for 'ambulance'?
In an ambulance
term for someone accompanying an ambulance

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "ambulance" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "ambulance" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.