vehicle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈvɪə.kəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ə.kəl/, /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/

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• Rhymes: -iːɪkəl, -ɪəkəl, -iːəkəl, -iːɪkəl, -iːhɪkəl, -ɪːkəl, -ɛhɪkəl
• Hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:

     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.

   • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

     Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

2. A medium for expression of talent or views.

   supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle

3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
4. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

   an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle

5. An entity to achieve an end.

   mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews

6. (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

Synonyms

• (Hinduism): vahan

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:vehicle

Derived terms

• air vehicle
• ground vehicle
• in-vehicle
• recovery vehicle
• space vehicle
• SUV, sport utility vehicle
• vehicle identification number
• vehicular

 

Related terms

• vector
• vectorial
• vectorize

Translations

conveyance

• Afrikaans: voertuig
• Albanian: automjet (sq) m, mjet (sq) m
• Arabic: وَاسِطَة‎ f (wāsiṭa), وَسِيلَة‎ f (wasīla), عَرَبَة‎ f (ʕaraba), مَرْكَبَة‎ (ar) f (markaba), وَسِيلَةُ النَّقْل‎ f (wasīlatu n-naql)

  Egyptian Arabic: عربية‎ f (ʕarabeya)

• Armenian: փոխադրամիջոց (hy) (pʿoxadramiǰocʿ)
• Asturian: vehículu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: vasitə (az)
• Basque: ibilgailu
• Belarusian: тра́нспартны сро́дак m (tránspartny sródak)
• Bengali: বাহন (bn) (bahon)
• Bikol Central: lunadan (bcl)
• Bulgarian: прево́зно сре́дство n (prevózno srédstvo), вози́ло (bg) n (vozílo)
• Burmese: ယာဉ် (my) (yany)
• Catalan: vehicle (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 車／车 (ce¹), 車輛／车辆 (ce¹ loeng^6-2)

  Mandarin: 車輛／车辆 (zh) (chēliàng)

• Czech: vozidlo (cs) n
• Danish: køretøj (da) c, farkost c
• Daur: tergu
• Dutch: voertuig (nl) n, vervoersmiddel (nl) n
• Esperanto: veturilo
• Finnish: ajoneuvo (fi), kulkuneuvo (fi)
• French: véhicule (fr) m, moyen de transport (fr) m
• Galician: vehículo m
• Georgian: სატრანსპორტო საშუალება (saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba), ტრანსპორტი (ṭransṗorṭi)
• German: Fahrzeug (de) n, Gefährt (de) n, Vehikel (de) n, Wagen (de) m, Fuhrwerk (de) n, Verkehrsmittel (de) n, Transportmittel (de) n
• Greek: όχημα (el) n (óchima), μέσο (el) n (méso), (medicine) φορέας (el) m (foréas)

  Ancient: ὄχημα n (ókhēma)

• Haitian Creole: machin
• Hebrew: אֶמְצָעִי‎ (he) m ('emtsa'í), כְּלִי רֶכֶב‎ (he) m (k'lí rékhev), רֶכֶב‎ (he) m (rékhev), כְּלִי‎ (he) m (k'lí), מַכְשִׁיר‎ (he) m (makhshír)
• Higaonon: sakyanan
• Hindi: वाहन (hi) m (vāhan)
• Hungarian: jármű (hu)
• Icelandic: farartæki n, ökutæki (is) n (a vehicle controlled by a driver)
• Ido: vehilo (io), veturo (io)
• Indonesian: kendaraan (id)
• Irish: feithicil f
• Italian: veicolo (it) m
• Japanese: 乗り物 (ja) (のりもの, norimono), 車両 (ja) (しゃりょう, sharyō)
• Kannada: ವಾಹನ (kn) (vāhana)
• Khmer: យានជំនិះ (yiən cumnih), យាន (km) (yiən), យានយន្ត (yiən yŭən), រថ (km) (rŭət), រទេះ (km) (rɔteh), ជំនិះ (km) (cumnih), រថន័ង (rɔɔt nĕəng), យន្តយាន (yŭən yiən)
• Korean: 차량(車輛) (ko) (charyang), 탈것 (talgeot)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئۆتۆمۆبیل‎ (ckb) (otomobîl), ترومبێل‎ (trumbêl), سەیارە‎ (seyare)

• Lao: ຍານພາຫະນະ (lo) (nyān phā ha na), ລົດ (lo) (lot), ພາຫະນະ (phā ha na)
• Lithuanian: važiuõklė f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Fohrtüüg n

• Luxembourgish: Gefier n
• Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod)
• Macedonian: возило n (vozilo), превозно средство n (prevozno sredstvo)
• Malay: kenderaan (ms)
• Malayalam: വാഹനം (ml) (vāhanaṃ), വണ്ടി (ml) (vaṇṭi)
• Maori: waka (mi)
• Marathi: गाडी (mr) f (gāḍī), वाहन (mr) n (vāhan)
• Norman: véhicl'ye f (Jersey), boulant m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farkost m, kjøretøy (no) n

  Nynorsk: farkost m, køyretøy n

• Occitan: veïcul (oc) m
• Persian: وسیلهٔ نقلیه‎ (vasile-ye naqleye)
• Polish: pojazd (pl) m, wóz (pl) m, środek transportu (pl) m
• Portuguese: veículo (pt) m
• Romanian: vehicul (ro) n
• Russian: тра́нспортное сре́дство (ru) n (tránsportnoje srédstvo), перево́зочное сре́дство n (perevózočnoje srédstvo)
• Sanskrit: वाहन (sa) n (vāhana), यान (sa) n (yāna)
• Saterland Frisian: Woain
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во̀зило n

  Roman: vòzilo (sh) n

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: vozidlo n
• Slovene: vozilo (sl) n
• Spanish: vehículo (es) m, medio de transporte m
• Swahili: gari (sw)
• Swedish: fordon (sv) n
• Tajik: воситаҳои нақлиёт (vositahoyi naqliyot), мошин (tg) (mošin)
• Tamil: வண்டி (ta) (vaṇṭi), வாகனம் (ta) (vākaṉam)
• Tangut: 𗀌 (*tśhja¹)
• Telugu: వాహనము (te) (vāhanamu)
• Thai: รถ (th) (rót), ยานพาหนะ (yaan-paa-hà-ná), พาหนะ (th) (paa-hà-ná)
• Tocharian A: kursär
• Tocharian B: klenke
• Turkish: taşıt (tr), vasıta (tr)
• Ukrainian: тра́нспортний за́сіб m (tránsportnyj zásib)
• Urdu: سواری‎ (savārī)
• Vietnamese: xe cộ (vi), xe (vi)
• Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m
• Yagnobi: мошин (mošin)
• Yami: aleleh
• Yiddish: פֿאָרמיטל‎ n (formitl)
• Zhuang: ci

medium

• Catalan: vehicle (ca) m, mitjà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 媒介 (zh) (méijiè)

• Dutch: voertuig (nl) n
• Finnish: ilmaisuväline
• Galician: vehículo m
• Georgian: საშუალება (sašualeba), გადამცემი (gadamcemi), სატრანსპორტო საშუალება (saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba)
• German: Mittel (de) n, Vehikel (de) n, Instrument (de) n, Medium (de) n, Transportmittel (de) n, Aufhänger m
• Greek: μέσο (el) n (méso)
• Hungarian: közeg (hu)
• Ido: vehilo (io)
• Italian: mezzo (it) m
• Malay: wahana (ms)
• Portuguese: veículo (pt) m, meio (pt) m
• Romanian: mijloc de transport n
• Russian: тра́нспортное сре́дство (ru) n (tránsportnoje srédstvo), сре́дство переда́чи n (srédstvo peredáči), проводни́к (ru) m (provodník)
• Turkish: araç (tr), vasıta (tr)
• Urdu: سواری‎ (savārī)

binding and drying agent

• Finnish: liuotin (fi)
• German: Bindemittel (de) n, Filmbildner m

pharmaceuticals: main excipient

• Finnish: pohja (fi)
• German: Trägersubstanz f, Träger (de) m
• Hungarian: vivőanyag

entity to achieve an end

• Finnish: keino (fi)
• German: Vehikel (de) n, Mittel (de) n

Buddhism: yana

• Finnish: kulkuneuvo (fi)

Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits

• Marathi: वाहन (mr) m (vāhan)
• Spanish: vehículo (es) m, vehículos (es) m pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} во̀зило n

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} vòzilo (sh) n

Verb

vehicle (third-person singular simple present vehicles, present participle vehicling, simple past and past participle vehicled)

1. to transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle
2. to travel in a vehicle

Further reading

• “vehicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vehicle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vehiculum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /vəˈi.klə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈi.klə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /veˈi.kle/

Noun

vehicle m (plural vehicles)

1. vehicle

Related terms

• vehicular

Further reading

• “vehicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.