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ambulanță

ambulance /ambuˈlant͡sə/

noun#3734 most common

Example sentences

Ambulanța vine repede.
The ambulance is coming quickly.
Am sunat la ambulanță pentru bunica mea.
I called an ambulance for my grandmother.
Ambulanța a ajuns în zece minute la locul accidentului.
The ambulance arrived at the accident scene in ten minutes.
Șoferul ambulanței a folosit sirena ca să treacă prin trafic.
The ambulance driver used the siren to get through traffic.
Fără o ambulanță dotată cu echipament de resuscitare, șansele pacientului ar fi fost minime.
Without an ambulance equipped with resuscitation gear, the patient's chances would have been slim.
Deși ambulanțele private s-au înmulțit în ultimii ani, sistemul public de urgență rămâne subfinanțat.
Although private ambulances have multiplied in recent years, the public emergency system remains underfunded.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeambulanțăambulanțe
Genitiveambulanțeambulanțe
Accusativeambulanțăambulanțe
Vocativeambulanțăambulanțe

Word family

ambulantitinerant, traveling, mobile
ambulatoriuoutpatient (care); ambulatory
ambulanțierambulance driver, paramedic
a deambulato wander, to walk about

Etymology

Romanian borrowed ambulanță from French ambulance in the 19th century, part of a wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian vocabulary. French ambulance began as a shortening of hôpital ambulant, a mobile field hospital, from ambulant, present participle of ambuler, itself from Latin ambulare, to walk. The word shifted from meaning a mobile hospital to meaning the vehicle that transports the sick.

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