HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ambulance
/ˈæmbjələns/
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Stress “am” and keep the “y” after “b.”
Use three syllables, with a short a vowel at the start. A y sound leads from b into a light middle vowel; keep the final syllable unstressed.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The ambulance arrived at the entrance.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does ambulance mean?
noun
- An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- A mobile field hospital.
- A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To transport by ambulance.
noun
- (obsolete) Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
- (obsolete) Synonym of covered wagon.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæmbjələns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Enjolras had the door of the kitchen, which was the ambulance, as the reader will remember, nailed up.
When he opened his eyes again it was to the clanging of the bell of an ambulance.
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She was apparently suffering great pain in the region of the old appendicitis scar and she was conveyed in an ambulance to a hospital.
When witness was called, on the 1st, he found the old woman in a terrible state, and the ambulance and coachman had to be disinfected after the removal.
The crowd pushed back and made way for the ambulance officials, and mother and child were carried off, the mother apparently experiencing little embarrassment.