vehicle

English Online Dictionary. What means vehicle‎? What does vehicle mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈvɪə̯.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/
• Rhymes: -iːɪkəl, -ɪəkəl, -iːəkəl, -iːɪkəl, -iːhɪkəl, -ɛhɪkəl
• Hyphenation: ve‧hi‧cle

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
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.
4. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

5. An entity to achieve an end.

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

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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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehiculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈi.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈi.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.