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vehicle

/ˈvihɪkəl/VEE-hih-kuhl
/ˈvihɪkəl/VEE-hih-kuhl

Meaninga carrier

Common meaning: a means of transport

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAGH‘carry, to remove, to wag’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 338, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinvehō, vēxī, vectum‘to carry, convey’
  3. Englishvehicle‘a means of transport’ · today

veh also in: vehementconvexinvective

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vehō ‘to carry, convey’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vehō, p. 1962 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

convexinvectivevehement

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