Health
SAMU
Read as a wordOfficialA2Meaning
service d'aide médicale urgente
The emergency medical service you call by dialling 15. A doctor answers, and sends an ambulance if it is serious. The word is read as a word.
How it is said
samu
Gender and article
le SAMU · masculine
Where you meet it
A poster of emergency numbers, an ambulance, the TV news.
Example
En cas d'urgence vitale, appelez le SAMU : 15.
In a life-threatening emergency, call the SAMU: 15.
In the DELF
reading A2 · listening A2
Watch out
Read « samu », masculine. Four numbers to remember: 15 for the SAMU, 17 for the police, 18 for the fire brigade, and 112 for everything, everywhere in Europe.