🇮🇹 Italian

ambulanza

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feminine

l' ambulanza

ambulance

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ambulanza
/lambuˈlantsa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ambulanza in Italian?

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/lambuˈlantsa/

How do you pronounce ambulanza in Italian?

ambulanza is pronounced /lambuˈlantsa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La ambulanza rossa è arrivata velocemente al ospedale per soccorrere il paziente grave.

The red ambulance arrived quickly at the hospital to help the serious patient.

Un'ambulanza nuova è stata acquistata dal comune per migliorare i servizi di emergenza.

A new ambulance was purchased by the municipality to improve emergency services.

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Why is it feminine?

Ambulanza is feminine because it ends in "-a", following the regular pattern where Italian nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine. The word derives from the Latin "ambulare" (to walk/move) and entered Italian usage in the 20th century to describe a mobile medical vehicle. The feminine gender is consistent with the productive Italian suffix "-anza" (from Latin "-antia"), which regularly produces feminine nouns.

What is the Italian word for ambulance?

The Italian word for ambulance is l' ambulanza — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishambulancialafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseambulânciaafeminine

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