ambulância
See also: ambulancia and ambulància
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambulance, from Latin ambulantia.[1] By surface analysis, ambular + -ância.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.si.a/ [ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃siɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ɐ̃sjɐ
- Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lân‧ci‧a
Noun
ambulância f (plural ambulâncias)
Descendants
- → Konkani: आंबुलांस (āmbulāusa)
References
- ^ “ambulância”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025