ambulance
am·bu·lance/ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/noun, verb
ambulance is spelled A-M-B-U-L-A-N-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (am·bu·lance). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ambulance means “An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ambulance is ambulances.
How many letters and syllables are in ambulance?
| Letters | 9: A-M-B-U-L-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: am·bu·lance |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ambulance?
Ambulance appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ambulance?
- /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/
- /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
- /ˈæm.bjəˌlæns/
Ambulance has 3 syllables, split am·bu·lance in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ambulance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ambulance
- ambulances plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ambulancing participle, present
- ambulanced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ambulance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
- 2
A mobile field hospital.
- 3
UKA vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
- 4
UKobsoleteSynonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
- 5
USobsoleteSynonym of covered wagon.
verb
- 1
To transport by ambulance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ambulance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense emergency vehicle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ambulance |
| German | Ambulanz, Krankenwagen, Notarztwagen, Rettung, Rettungsauto, Rettungswagen |
| Portuguese | ambulância |
| Spanish | ambulancia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.