vehicle

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /viːəkl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
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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

Synonyms

• (Hinduism): vahan

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:vehicle

Derived terms

• long vehicle
• vehicular

Related terms

• vector
• vectorial
• vectorize

Translations

a conveyance

• Albanian: automjet (sq)
• Arabic: عربة (ar) (ʿaraba) f

  Egyptian Arabic: عربية (ʿarabeya) f

• Asturian: vehículu (ast) m
• Catalan: vehicle (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車輛 (cmn), 车辆 (cmn) (chēliàng)

• Czech: vozidlo (cs) n
• Danish: køretøj (da)
• Dutch: voertuig (nl) n
• Esperanto: veturilo (eo)
• Finnish: ajoneuvo (fi), kulkuneuvo (fi)
• French: véhicule (fr) m
• Galician: vehículo (gl) m
• German: Fahrzeug (de) n, Gefährt (de) n
• Greek: όχημα (el) (óchima) n, μέσο (el) (méso) n, (medicine) φορέας (el) (foréas) m
• Haitian Creole: machin
• Hebrew: אמצעי תחבורה (he), כלי רכב (he) (k'lí-rékhev) m
• Hungarian: jármű (hu)
• Icelandic: farartæki (is) n, ökutæki (is) n (a vehicle controlled by a driver)
• Italian: veicolo (it) m
• Japanese: 乗り物 (ja) (のりもの, norimono)
• Jèrriais: véhicl'ye f, boulant m
• Kannada: ವಾಹನ (kn) (vaahana)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئۆتۆمۆبیل (ku) (otomobíl), ترومبێل (ku) (trumbél), سه‌یاره‌ (ku) (seyare)

• Lojban: xe klama (jbo)
• Luxembourgish: Gefier (lb) n
• Macedonian: возило (mk) (vózilo) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøretøy (nb) n

  Nynorsk: kjøyrety (nn) n, kjøyretøy (nn) n, kjørety (nn) n, kjøretøy (nn)

• Occitan: veïcul (oc) m
• Persian: وسیلهٔ نقلیه (fa)
• Polish: pojazd (pl) m, wóz (pl) m
• Portuguese: veículo (pt) m
• Romanian: vehicul (ro) n
• Russian: транспортное средство (ru) (tránsportnoje srédstvo) n
• Sanskrit: वाहन (sa) (vaahana)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: возило (sh) n

  Roman: vozilo (sh) n

• Spanish: vehículo (es) m
• Swedish: fordon (sv)
• Tamil: வண்டி (ta) (vandi)
• Telugu: వాహనము (te) (vAhanamu)
• Thai: รถ (th) (rót)
• Tocharian A: kursär
• Tocharian B: kwarsär
• Turkish: taşıt (tr), vasıta (tr)
• Urdu: سواری (ur) (savāry)
• Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m

a medium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒介 (cmn) (méijiè)

• Dutch: voertuig (nl) n
• Finnish: ilmaisuväline (fi)
• German: Mittel (de) n, Vehikel (de) n
• Greek: μέσο (el) (méso) n

• Italian: mezzo (it) m
• Malay: wahana (ms)
• Russian: транспортное средство (ru) (tránsportnoje srédstvo) n, средство передачи (ru) (srédstvo peredáči) n, проводник (ru) (provodník) m
• Turkish: araç (tr), vasıta (tr)
• Urdu: سواری (ur) (savāry)

binding and drying agent

• Finnish: liuotin (fi)

entity to achieve an end

• Finnish: keino (fi)

(Buddhismvehicle) a yana

(Hinduismvehicle) animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: vozilo (sh) n

External links

• vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vehicle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Catalan

Noun

vehicle m (plural vehicles)

1. vehicle

Related terms

• vehiculació
• vehicular