vehicle

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Etymology [edit]

From French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (a carriage, conveyance), from vehere (to carry).

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  • IPA: /viːəkl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle

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vehicle (plural vehicles)

  1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]:
      But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
  2. A medium for expression of talent or views.
  3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
  4. An entity to achieve an end.
  5. (Buddhism) A yana.
  6. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

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vehicle m (plural vehicles)

  1. vehicle

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