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10 Language-to-English DictionariesRettungsdienst
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʁɛtʊŋsdɪnst
"Der Rettungsdienst brachte den Verletzten ins Krankenhaus."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An established organization responsible for providing emergency medical care and patient transport to medical facilities.
"The local ambulance service arrived within minutes of the emergency call." - 2
The fleet of vehicles and medical personnel deployed to handle urgent medical situations.
"Several units from the city's ambulance service were dispatched to the highway accident."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'ambulance', derived from the Latin 'ambulare' meaning 'to walk' (historically referencing mobile field hospitals), and 'service', from the Latin 'servitium' meaning 'slavery' or 'condition of a servant', later evolving to mean an act of helpful activity. Together, the compound phrase emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries with the modernization of organized emergency medical transport and pre-hospital care systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ambulance service" is said worldwide
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service d'ambulance
Transliteration: sɛʁ.vis d‿ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s
"Le service d'ambulance a transporté le patient à l'hôpital."
Rettungsdienst
Transliteration: ˈʁɛtʊŋsdɪnst
"Der Rettungsdienst brachte den Verletzten ins Krankenhaus."
servizio di ambulanza
Transliteration: serˈvit.tsjo di am.buˈlant.tsa
"Il servizio di ambulanza è intervenuto prontamente."
servicio de ambulancia
Transliteration: seɾˈβisjo ðe am.buˈlan.sja
"Llamaron al servicio de ambulancia de inmediato."
serviço de ambulância
Transliteration: seɾˈvisu dʒi ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ
"O serviço de ambulância chegou rapidamente ao local."
एम्बुलेंस सेवा
Transliteration: embulens seva
"दुर्ghatna ke baad achanak embulens seva ko bulaya gaya."
救护车服务
Transliteration: jiù hù chē fú wù
"救护车服务在紧急情况下至关重要。"
구급차 서비스
Transliteration: gugeupcha seobiseu
"응급 상황에서 구급차 서비스가 신속하게 출동했습니다."
救急車サービス
Transliteration: kyūkyūsha sāvisu
"救急車サービスは一分一秒を争います。"
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