ambulans

See also: ambülans and ambuláns

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ambulance, from French ambulance.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ambulans (plural ambulanse)

  1. ambulance

Indonesian

ambulans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ambulance, from French ambulance, from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulō (I walk, I go about). Cognate of Afrikaans ambulans (ambulance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [amˈbulans]
  • Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lans

Noun

ambulans (first-person possessive ambulansku, second-person possessive ambulansmu, third-person possessive ambulansnya)

  1. ambulance, an emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ambulō (I walk; travel).

Pronunciation

Participle

ambulāns (genitive ambulantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. traversing, traveling
  2. walking

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ambulāns ambulantēs ambulantia
Genitive ambulantis ambulantium
Dative ambulantī ambulantibus
Accusative ambulantem ambulāns ambulantēs
ambulantīs
ambulantia
Ablative ambulante
ambulantī1
ambulantibus
Vocative ambulāns ambulantēs ambulantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambulance,[1][2][3] from Latin ambulāns, present participle of ambulō (I walk, I go about). First attested in 1810.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈbu.lans/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ulans
  • Syllabification: am‧bu‧lans

Noun

ambulans m inan

  1. (medicine) ambulance
    Synonym: karetka

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun
adjective
adverb
nouns

Collocations

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambulans”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambulans”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ambulans”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. Regulament służby obozowey dla woysk francuskich w r. 1809 wydany a dla użytku woysk Xięstwa Warszawskiego przetłumaczony. (in Polish), 1810, page 335

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From French ambulance (ambulance), from ambulant (ambulant) + -ance.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ambulans c

  1. ambulance (emergency vehicle)

Declension

Declension of ambulans 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ambulans ambulansen ambulanser ambulanserna
Genitive ambulans ambulansens ambulansers ambulansernas

Further reading

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French ambulance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑm.bʊ.lɑns/

Noun

ambulans (definite accusative ambulansı, plural ambulanslar)

  1. ambulance

Declension

Inflection
Nominative ambulans
Definite accusative ambulansı
Singular Plural
Nominative ambulans ambulanslar
Definite accusative ambulansı ambulansları
Dative ambulansa ambulanslara
Locative ambulansta ambulanslarda
Ablative ambulanstan ambulanslardan
Genitive ambulansın ambulansların
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