The term “ambulance” is universally recognized as a vehicle equipped for transporting emergency medical situations, a symbol of aid and prompt medical attention across the globe. Despite the universal nature of its purpose, the word for “ambulance” varies interestingly across languages, reflecting the linguistic diversity that characterizes our world. Here’s how “ambulance” is expressed in 70 different languages, highlighting the global commitment to health and emergency services.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Ambulancë | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-tsuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – إسعاف (Is’af) | Pronunciation: Ee-sa-af
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ամբուլատորիա (Ambulatoria) | Pronunciation: Am-boo-la-to-ree-ah
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Təcili yardım maşını | Pronunciation: Teh-ji-li yar-dim ma-shi-ni
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Anbulantzia | Pronunciation: An-boo-lan-tsee-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Хуткая дапамога (Khutkaya dapamoha) | Pronunciation: Hoot-kah-ya da-pa-mo-ga
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – অ্যাম্বুলেন্স (Æmbulēnsa) | Pronunciation: Em-boo-len-suh
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Hitna pomoć | Pronunciation: Hit-na po-moch
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Линейка (Lineyka) | Pronunciation: Lee-ney-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Ambulància | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-see-ah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Sanitka | Pronunciation: Sah-nit-ka
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Ambulance | Pronunciation: Am-bu-lan-se
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Ambulance | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-se
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Ambulance | Pronunciation: Am-bu-lance
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kiirabi | Pronunciation: Kee-rah-bee
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – آمبولانس (Ambulance) | Pronunciation: Ahm-boo-lahnz
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Ambulanssi | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lahn-see
- French (🇫🇷) – Ambulance | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lahnse
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სასწრაფო დახმარება (Sasts’rafo dakhmareba) | Pronunciation: Sas-tsraf-o dak-mar-eh-bah
- German (🇩🇪) – Krankenwagen | Pronunciation: Kran-ken-vah-gen
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ασθενοφόρο (Asthenofóro) | Pronunciation: As-the-no-fo-ro
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אמבולנס (Ambulans) | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lance
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – एम्बुलेंस (Ambulance) | Pronunciation: Em-boo-lens
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Mentő | Pronunciation: Men-tö
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Sjúkrabíll | Pronunciation: Shoo-kra-beel
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Ambulans | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lans
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Otharcharr | Pronunciation: Oh-har-kar
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Ambulanza | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-tza
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 救急車 (Kyūkyūsha) | Pronunciation: Kyoo-kyoo-sha
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жедел жәрдем (Zhedel zhärdem) | Pronunciation: Zhe-del zhar-dem
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ឡានពេទ្យ (Lan pet) | Pronunciation: Lan pet
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 구급차 (Gugeupcha) | Pronunciation: Goo-geup-cha
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Ambûlans | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lans
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Тез жардам (Tez jardam) | Pronunciation: Tez jar-dam
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ລົດສະຫຼາດວິສາຫະກິດ (Lot salat visahakit) | Pronunciation: Lot sa-lat vi-sa-ha-kit
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Ātrā palīdzība | Pronunciation: Ah-tra pa-lid-zi-ba
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Greitoji pagalba | Pronunciation: Grei-to-ji pa-gal-ba
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Ambulanz | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lanz
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Брза помош (Brza pomoš) | Pronunciation: Br-za po-mosh
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Ambulans | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lans
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ambulanza | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-za
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 救护车 (Jiùhù chē) | Pronunciation: Jyoo-hoo cheh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – रुग्णवाहिका (Rugṇavāhikā) | Pronunciation: Roo-gna-vah-hee-ka
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Яаралтай тусламжийн машин (Yaaraltai tuslamjiin mashin) | Pronunciation: Yaa-ral-tai tus-lam-jin ma-shin
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – एम्बुलेन्स (Embulence) | Pronunciation: Em-boo-lens
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ambulanse | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lahn-se
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ایمبولنس (Ambulance) | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lance
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – آمبولانس (Ambulance) | Pronunciation: Ahm-boo-lance
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Karetka | Pronunciation: Ka-ret-ka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Ambulância | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lahn-see-ah
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Ambulanță | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-tsa
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Скорая помощь (Skoraya pomoshch) | Pronunciation: Sko-rya po-mosh
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Хитна помоћ (Hitna pomoć) | Pronunciation: Hit-na po-moch
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – රෝහල් රථය (Rōhal rathaya) | Pronunciation: Roh-hal ra-tha-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Sanitka | Pronunciation: Sah-nit-ka
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Rešilec | Pronunciation: Re-shee-lec
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Ambalaas | Pronunciation: Am-ba-laas
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Ambulancia | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lan-see-ah
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Ambulensi | Pronunciation: Am-boo-len-see
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ambulans | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lans
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Тезёрӣ (Tezyori) | Pronunciation: Teh-zyo-ree
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஆம்புலன்ஸ் (Āmpulans) | Pronunciation: Ahm-pu-lance
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – అంబులెన్స్ (Ambulence) | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lens
- Thai (🇹🇭) – รถพยาบาล (Rot phayaban) | Pronunciation: Rot pha-ya-ban
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Ambulans | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lans
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Швидка допомога (Shvydka dopomoha) | Pronunciation: Shvid-ka do-po-mo-ga
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – ایمبولینس (Ambulance) | Pronunciation: Am-boo-lence
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tez yordam mashinasi | Pronunciation: Tez yor-dam ma-shi-na-see
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Xe cứu thương | Pronunciation: Seh koo thoong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ambiwlans | Pronunciation: Am-biwl-ans