Meaning

5 senses
  1. An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.

    Ambulanz, Krankenwagen, Notarztwagen

    автомоби́ль ско́рой по́мощиavtomobílʹ skóroj pómošči, ско́рая по́мощьskóraja pómoščʹ, каре́та ско́рой по́мощиkaréta skóroj pómošči

    швидка́ допомо́гаšvydká dopomóha, швидка́švydká

    a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

  2. A mobile field hospital.

  3. (UK)A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.

  4. (UK, obsolete)Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.

  5. (US, obsolete)Synonym of covered wagon.

Examples

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  1. Tom died before the ambulance arrived.

    Том помер до приїзду швидкої.

    ruТом умер до того, как приехала скорая.

    deTom starb, bevor der Krankenwagen kam.

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  2. Have you already called an ambulance?

    Ти вже викликав швидку?

    ruВы уже вызвали скорую?

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  3. Have you called an ambulance yet?

    Ти вже викликав швидку?

    ruВы уже вызвали скорую?

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  4. The ambulances carried the injured to the nearest hospital.

    Автомобілі швидкої допомоги доправили постраждалих у найближчу лікарню.

    ruМашины скорой помощи отвезли пострадавших в ближайшую больницу.

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  5. Please send an ambulance.

    Будь ласка, пришліть швидку допомогу.

    ruОтправьте машину скорой помощи.

    deBitte schicken Sie einen Krankenwagen.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via th

Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).

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