ambulance in English: A special vehicle that takes ill or hurt people to hospital. (noun)

Translation

A special vehicle that takes ill or hurt people to hospital.

Word origin

From French, where a hopital ambulant was a moving hospital, from Latin ambulare, to walk.

Gender

Pluralambulances

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This is what you say when someone is badly hurt.

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An ambulance uses a loud siren so cars move out of the way.

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We say "by ambulance", with no "the".

hospital

A building where doctors and nurses look after people who are ill or hurt.

doctor

A person whose job is to help sick people get well.

nurse

A person whose job is to look after sick people, often in a hospital.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

help

To do something that makes things easier or better for another person.

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