Ambulance
Definitions
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- A mobile field hospital.
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A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary. UK
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Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport. UK, obsolete
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Synonym of covered wagon. US, obsolete
Equivalents
Españolambulancia
Françaisambulance
49 more languages
Afrikaansambulans
Bosanskiambulanta
Catalàambulància
Cymraegambiwlans
Danskambulance
Ελληνικάασθενοφόρο
Esperantoambulanco
Euskaraanbulantzia
Gaeilgeotharcharr
Gàidhligcarbad-eiridinn
Galegoambulancia
עבריתאמבולנס
Hrvatskiambulanta
Հայերենշտապօգնություն
Italianoambulanza
日本語救急車
Kurdîambûlans
Latinaarcera
Lietuviųgreitoji
Македонскибрза помош
मराठीरुग्णवाहिका
Portuguêsambulância
Românăambulanță
Русскийавтомоби́ль ско́рой по́мощикаретакарета скорой помощинеотло́жкасанитарная машинаскораяскорая помощь
Shqipautoambulancë
Српскиambulanta
Svenskaambulans
Kiswahiliambulensi
ไทยรถพยาบาล
Tagalogambulansiya
Українськашвидка
Examples
“The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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