vehicular

English

Etymology

From Late Latin vehiculāris.

Pronunciation

• esp IPA^(key): /viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /viːɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

vehicular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks.

   Ernest had a fear of vehicular travel, and ended up walking everywhere.

2. Of or pertaining to a language that is used as a contact language between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture.

   English is used as a vehicular language in many business settings.

   Latin was a vehicular language for natural philosophers and others from the late Renaissance to the late 18th century.

Derived terms

• vehicular homicide
• vehicular language

Translations

of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles

• Bulgarian: транспортен (transporten)
• Catalan: vehicular (ca)
• Finnish: ajoneuvo-
• French: véhiculaire (fr)
• Galician: vehicular
• Georgian: გადასაზიდი (gadasazidi), სატრანსპორტო (saṭransṗorṭo)
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• Irish: feithicleach
• Italian: veicolare (it)
• Spanish: vehicular (es)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.i.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.i.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.i.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehiculars)

1. vehicular

Related terms

• vehicle

Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculí, past participle vehiculat)

1. to vehicle, transmit

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Spanish

Etymology

From vehículo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beikuˈlaɾ/ [bei̯.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehiculares)

1. vehicular (of a vehicle)
2. vehicular (of a common language)
   • 2015 September 14, “Los niños vuelven al colegio con la ‘ley Wert’ en el aire”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Desde la Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe (AEB) aseguran que hay varias familias que han solicitado vía judicial el uso del castellano también como lengua vehicular y que esperan una resolución.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculé, past participle vehiculado)

1. to serve as a mediator

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vehicular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vehicular
gerund			vehiculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vehiculado		vehiculada
		plural		vehiculados		vehiculadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vehiculo	vehiculastú vehiculásvos	vehicula	vehiculamos	vehiculáis	vehiculan
	imperfect	vehiculaba	vehiculabas	vehiculaba	vehiculábamos	vehiculabais	vehiculaban
	preterite	vehiculé	vehiculaste	vehiculó	vehiculamos	vehiculasteis	vehicularon
	future	vehicularé	vehicularás	vehiculará	vehicularemos	vehicularéis	vehicularán
	conditional	vehicularía	vehicularías	vehicularía	vehicularíamos	vehicularíais	vehicularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vehicule	vehiculestú vehiculésvos2	vehicule	vehiculemos	vehiculéis	vehiculen
	imperfect (ra)	vehiculara	vehicularas	vehiculara	vehiculáramos	vehicularais	vehicularan
	imperfect (se)	vehiculase	vehiculases	vehiculase	vehiculásemos	vehiculaseis	vehiculasen
	future1	vehiculare	vehiculares	vehiculare	vehiculáremos	vehiculareis	vehicularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vehiculatú vehiculávos	vehicule	vehiculemos	vehiculad	vehiculen
	negative		no vehicules	no vehicule	no vehiculemos	no vehiculéis	no vehiculen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vehicular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive vehicular
	dative	vehicularme	vehicularte	vehicularle, vehicularse	vehicularnos	vehicularos	vehicularles, vehicularse
	accusative	vehicularme	vehicularte	vehicularlo, vehicularla, vehicularse	vehicularnos	vehicularos	vehicularlos, vehicularlas, vehicularse
with gerund vehiculando
	dative	vehiculándome	vehiculándote	vehiculándole, vehiculándose	vehiculándonos	vehiculándoos	vehiculándoles, vehiculándose
	accusative	vehiculándome	vehiculándote	vehiculándolo, vehiculándola, vehiculándose	vehiculándonos	vehiculándoos	vehiculándolos, vehiculándolas, vehiculándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vehicula
	dative	vehicúlame	vehicúlate	vehicúlale	vehicúlanos	not used	vehicúlales
	accusative	vehicúlame	vehicúlate	vehicúlalo, vehicúlala	vehicúlanos	not used	vehicúlalos, vehicúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vehiculá
	dative	vehiculame	vehiculate	vehiculale	vehiculanos	not used	vehiculales
	accusative	vehiculame	vehiculate	vehiculalo, vehiculala	vehiculanos	not used	vehiculalos, vehiculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vehicule
	dative	vehicúleme	not used	vehicúlele, vehicúlese	vehicúlenos	not used	vehicúleles
	accusative	vehicúleme	not used	vehicúlelo, vehicúlela, vehicúlese	vehicúlenos	not used	vehicúlelos, vehicúlelas
with first-person plural imperative vehiculemos
	dative	not used	vehiculémoste	vehiculémosle	vehiculémonos	vehiculémoos	vehiculémosles
	accusative	not used	vehiculémoste	vehiculémoslo, vehiculémosla	vehiculémonos	vehiculémoos	vehiculémoslos, vehiculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vehiculad
	dative	vehiculadme	not used	vehiculadle	vehiculadnos	vehiculaos	vehiculadles
	accusative	vehiculadme	not used	vehiculadlo, vehiculadla	vehiculadnos	vehiculaos	vehiculadlos, vehiculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vehiculen
	dative	vehicúlenme	not used	vehicúlenle	vehicúlennos	not used	vehicúlenles, vehicúlense
	accusative	vehicúlenme	not used	vehicúlenlo, vehicúlenla	vehicúlennos	not used	vehicúlenlos, vehicúlenlas, vehicúlense

Further reading

• “vehicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28