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vehicle

noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈvɪjɪk(ə)l/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈvɪjək(ə)l/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈvɪːk(ə)l/
  • General-American: /ˈvi.ə.kəl/
  • General-American: /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/
  • Australian: /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/
  • Appalachia, Ireland, South-Asia: /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːɪkəl
  • rhymes with -ɪəkəl
  • rhymes with -iːəkəl
  • rhymes with -iːhɪkəl
  • rhymes with -ɛhɪkəl
  • CMU ARPABET: V IY1 HH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: V IY1 IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • kinetic kill vehicle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A medium for expression of talent or views.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, sciences

Examples

  • an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An entity to achieve an end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hinduism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To travel in a vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a conveyance that transports people or objects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conveyance, transport

Narrower terms: bumper car, Dodgem, craft, military vehicle, rocket, projectile, skibob, sled, sledge, sleigh, steamroller, road roller, wheeled vehicle

12

noun

Meaning 12

a medium for the expression or achievement of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views
  • a congregation is a vehicle of group identity
  • the play was just a vehicle to display her talents

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medium

13

noun

Meaning 13

any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fomite

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: object, physical object

14

noun

Meaning 14

any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: substance

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

203 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voertuig — conveyance
  • Albanian: automjet — conveyance
  • Albanian: mjet — conveyance
  • Arabic: وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa) — conveyance
  • Arabic: وَسِيلَة (wasīla) — conveyance
  • Arabic: عَرَبَة (ʕaraba) — conveyance
  • Arabic: مَرْكَبَة (markaba) — conveyance
  • Arabic: وَسِيلَةُ النَّقْل (wasīlatu n-naql) — conveyance
  • Arabic: عربية (ʕarabeya) — conveyance
  • Armenian: փոխադրամիջոց (pʻoxadramiǰocʻ) — conveyance
  • Asturian: vehículu — conveyance
  • Azerbaijani: vasitə — conveyance
  • Basque: ibilgailu — conveyance
  • Belarusian: тра́нспартны сро́дак (tránspartny sródak) — conveyance
  • Bengali: বাহন (bahon) — conveyance
  • Central Bikol: lunadan — conveyance
  • Bulgarian: прево́зно сре́дство (prevózno srédstvo) — conveyance
  • Bulgarian: вози́ло (vozílo) — conveyance
  • Burmese: ယာဉ် (yany) — conveyance
  • Catalan: vehicle — conveyance
  • Chichewa: gálímoto class 9/6 — conveyance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車 /车 (ce1) — conveyance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車輛 /车辆 — conveyance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車輛 /车辆 (chēliàng) — conveyance
  • Czech: vozidlo — conveyance
  • Danish: køretøj — conveyance
  • Danish: fartøj — conveyance
  • Danish: vehikel n farkost — conveyance
  • Daur: tergu — conveyance
  • Dutch: voertuig — conveyance
  • Dutch: vervoersmiddel — conveyance
  • Esperanto: veturilo — conveyance
  • Evenki: teggeng — conveyance
  • Finnish: ajoneuvo — conveyance
  • Finnish: kulkuneuvo — conveyance
  • French: véhicule — conveyance
  • French: moyen de transport — conveyance
  • Saterland Frisian: Woain — conveyance
  • Galician: vehículo — conveyance
  • Georgian: სატრანსპორტო საშუალება (saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba) — conveyance
  • Georgian: ტრანსპორტი (ṭransṗorṭi) — conveyance
  • German: Fahrzeug — conveyance
  • German: Gefährt — conveyance
  • German: Vehikel — conveyance
  • German: Wagen — conveyance
  • German: Fuhrwerk — conveyance
  • German: Verkehrsmittel — conveyance
  • German: Transportmittel — conveyance
  • Greek: όχημα (óchima) — conveyance
  • Greek: μέσο (méso) — conveyance
  • Greek: φορέας (foréas) — conveyance
  • Ancient Greek: ὄχημα (ókhēma) — conveyance
  • Haitian Creole: machin — conveyance
  • Hebrew: רֶכֶב (réchev) — conveyance
  • Hebrew: כְּלִי רֶכֶב (k'lí réchev) — conveyance
  • Higaonon: sakyanan — conveyance
  • Hindi: वाहन (vāhan) — conveyance
  • Hindi: गाड़ी (gāṛī) — conveyance
  • Hungarian: jármű — conveyance
  • Icelandic: farartæki — conveyance
  • Icelandic: ökutæki — conveyance
  • Ido: vehilo — conveyance
  • Ido: veturo — conveyance
  • Indonesian: kendaraan — conveyance
  • Irish: feithicil — conveyance
  • Italian: veicolo — conveyance
  • Japanese: 乗り物 (norimono) — conveyance
  • Japanese: 車両 (sharyō) — conveyance
  • Kannada: ವಾಹನ (vāhana) — conveyance
  • Khmer: យានជំនិះ (yiən cumnih) — conveyance
  • Khmer: យាន (yiən) — conveyance
  • Khmer: យានយន្ត (yiən yŭən) — conveyance
  • Khmer: រថ (rŭət) — conveyance
  • Khmer: រទេះ (rɔɔrɔteh) — conveyance
  • Khmer: ជំនិះ (cumnih) — conveyance
  • Khmer: រថន័ង (rɔɔt nĕəng) — conveyance
  • Khmer: យន្តយាន (yŭən yiən) — conveyance
  • Korean: 차량 (charyang) — conveyance
  • Korean: 탈것 (talgeot) — conveyance
  • Central Kurdish: ئۆتۆمۆبیل (otomobîl) — conveyance
  • Central Kurdish: ترومبێل (trumbêl) — conveyance
  • Central Kurdish: سەیارە (seyare) — conveyance
  • Lao: ຍານພາຫະນະ (nyān phā ha na) — conveyance
  • Lao: ລົດ (lot) — conveyance
  • Lao: ພາຫະນະ (phā ha na) — conveyance
  • Latin: vehiculum — conveyance
  • Latvian: transportlīdzeklis — conveyance
  • Lithuanian: važiuõklė — conveyance
  • Low German: Fohrtüüg — conveyance
  • : ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) — conveyance
  • Luxembourgish: Gefier — conveyance
  • Macedonian: возило (vozilo) — conveyance
  • Macedonian: превозно средство (prevozno sredstvo) — conveyance
  • Malay: kenderaan — conveyance
  • Malayalam: വാഹനം (vāhanaṁ) — conveyance
  • Malayalam: വണ്ടി (vaṇṭi) — conveyance
  • Māori: waka — conveyance
  • Marathi: गाडी (gāḍī) — conveyance
  • Marathi: वाहन (vāhan) — conveyance
  • Mudburra: murdika — conveyance
  • Norman: véhicl'ye — conveyance
  • Norman: boulant — conveyance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: farkost — conveyance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøretøy — conveyance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: farkost — conveyance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: køyretøy — conveyance
  • Occitan: veïcul — conveyance
  • Pannonian Rusyn: превозка (prevozka) — conveyance
  • Iranian Persian: وَسیلِهٔ نَقْلِیِه (vasile-ye naġliye) — conveyance
  • Polish: pojazd — conveyance
  • Polish: wóz — conveyance
  • Polish: środek transportu — conveyance
  • Polish: wehikuł — conveyance
  • Portuguese: veículo — conveyance
  • Romanian: vehicul — conveyance
  • Russian: тра́нспортное сре́дство (tránsportnoje srédstvo) — conveyance
  • Russian: перево́зочное сре́дство (perevózočnoje srédstvo) — conveyance
  • Sanskrit: वाहन (vāhana) — conveyance
  • Sanskrit: यान (yāna) — conveyance
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̀зило — conveyance
  • Serbo-Croatian: vòzilo — conveyance
  • Slovak: vozidlo — conveyance
  • Slovene: vozilo — conveyance
  • Southern Altai: кӧлӱк (kölük) — conveyance
  • Spanish: vehículo — conveyance
  • Spanish: medio de transporte — conveyance
  • Swahili: gari — conveyance
  • Swedish: fordon — conveyance
  • Tajik: воситаҳои нақлиёт (vositaho-yi naqliyot) — conveyance
  • Tajik: мошин (mošin) — conveyance
  • Tamil: வண்டி (vaṇṭi) — conveyance
  • Tamil: வாகனம் (vākaṉam) — conveyance
  • Tangut: 𗀌 — conveyance
  • Telugu: వాహనము (vāhanamu) — conveyance
  • Thai: รถ (rót) — conveyance
  • Thai: ยานพาหนะ (yaan-paa-hà-ná) — conveyance
  • Thai: พาหนะ (paa-hà-ná) — conveyance
  • Tocharian A: kursär — conveyance
  • Tocharian B: klenke — conveyance
  • Turkish: taşıt — conveyance
  • Turkish: vasıta — conveyance
  • Turkish: araç — conveyance
  • Ukrainian: тра́нспортний за́сіб (tránsportnyj zásib) — conveyance
  • Urdu: سَواری (savārī) — conveyance
  • Urdu: گاڑی (gāṛī) — conveyance
  • Vietnamese: xe cộ — conveyance
  • Vietnamese: xe — conveyance
  • Welsh: cerbyd — conveyance
  • Yaghnobi: мошин (mošin) — conveyance
  • Yami: aleleh — conveyance
  • Yiddish: פֿאָרמיטל (formitl) — conveyance
  • Zhuang: ci — conveyance
  • Catalan: vehicle — medium
  • Catalan: mitjà — medium
  • Chinese Cantonese: 媒介 (mui4 gaai3) — medium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 媒介 (méijiè) — medium
  • Dutch: voertuig — medium
  • Finnish: ilmaisuväline — medium
  • Galician: vehículo — medium
  • Georgian: საშუალება (sašualeba) — medium
  • Georgian: გადამცემი (gadamcemi) — medium
  • Georgian: სატრანსპორტო საშუალება (saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba) — medium
  • German: Mittel — medium
  • German: Vehikel — medium
  • German: Instrument — medium
  • German: Medium — medium
  • German: Transportmittel — medium
  • German: Aufhänger — medium
  • Greek: μέσο (méso) — medium
  • Hindi: साधन (sādhan) — medium
  • Hungarian: közeg — medium
  • Ido: vehilo — medium
  • Italian: mezzo — medium
  • Malay: wahana — medium
  • Iranian Persian: وَسیلِه (vasile) — medium
  • Portuguese: veículo — medium
  • Portuguese: meio — medium
  • Romanian: mijloc de transport — medium
  • Russian: тра́нспортное сре́дство (tránsportnoje srédstvo) — medium
  • Russian: сре́дство переда́чи (srédstvo peredáči) — medium
  • Russian: проводни́к (provodník) — medium
  • Turkish: araç — medium
  • Turkish: vasıta — medium
  • Urdu: سَواری (savārī) — medium
  • Urdu: وَسِیلَہ (vasīla) — medium
  • Finnish: liuotin — binding and drying agent
  • German: Bindemittel — binding and drying agent
  • German: Filmbildner — binding and drying agent
  • Finnish: pohja — pharmaceuticals: main excipient
  • German: Trägersubstanz — pharmaceuticals: main excipient
  • German: Träger — pharmaceuticals: main excipient
  • Hungarian: vivőanyag — pharmaceuticals: main excipient
  • Finnish: keino — entity to achieve an end
  • German: Vehikel — entity to achieve an end
  • German: Mittel — entity to achieve an end
  • Hebrew: אֶמְצָעִי (emtsa'í) — entity to achieve an end
  • Hebrew: כְּלִי (k'lí) — entity to achieve an end
  • Hebrew: מַכְשִׁיר (machshír) — entity to achieve an end
  • Finnish: kulkuneuvo — Buddhism: yana
  • Hindi: वाहन (vāhan) — Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
  • Marathi: वाहन (vāhan) — Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
  • Spanish: vehículo — Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
  • Spanish: vehículos — Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
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