AMBULANCE


Meaning of AMBULANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈam-byə-lən(t)s, -bə- also ]

-ˌlan(t)s noun

Etymology: French, from ( hôpital ) ambulant, literally, ambulant field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare

Date: 1809

: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.