vehicle
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Noun (4)vehicles
- a conveyance that transports people or objectsType of conveyance, transportKinds rocket, military vehicle, craft, skibob, sled, steamroller, wheeled vehicle, bumper car, hoverboardParts splashboard, splasher
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something“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”Type of medium
- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with itType of substance
- 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 anotherSynonyms: fomiteType of object, physical object
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Translations
Noun means of transport, conveyance
- Spanish
- vehículo
- French
- véhicule
- German
- Fahrzeug
- Italian
- veicolo
- Portuguese
- veículo
- Turkish
- taşıt
- Russian
- тра́нспортное сре́дство tránsportnoje srédstvo
- Arabic
- مَرْكَبَة markaba
- Chinese
- 车辆 chēliàng
- Japanese
- 乗り物 norimono
26 more languages
- Dutch
- voertuig
- Polish
- pojazd
- Swedish
- fordon
- Greek
- όχημα óchima
- Korean
- 차량 charyang
- Indonesian
- kendaraan
- Vietnamese
- xe
- Hungarian
- jármű
- Portuguese (PT)
- veículo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 車輛 chēliàng
- Albanian
- mjet
- Catalan
- vehicle
- Czech
- vozidlo
- Danish
- køretøj
- Esperanto
- veturilo
- Estonian
- sõiduk
- Finnish
- kulkuneuvo
- Georgian
- სატრანსპორტო საშუალება saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba
- Hebrew
- רֶכֶב réchev
- Icelandic
- farartæki
- Latvian
- transportlīdzeklis
- Norwegian
- kjøretøy
- Romanian
- vehicul
- Slovak
- vozidlo
- Swahili
- gari
- Welsh
- cerbyd
Noun medium for expressing something
- German
- Vehikel
- Italian
- mezzo
- Portuguese
- veículo
- Turkish
- araç
- Russian
- сре́дство srédstvo
- Chinese
- 媒介 méijiè
- Dutch
- voertuig
- Vietnamese
- phương tiện
- Portuguese (PT)
- veículo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 媒介 méijiè
1 more language
- Catalan
- vehicle
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, noun, and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.
1. That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.
2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.
A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly.— William Wirt
3. Pharmacy A substance in which medicine is taken.
4. Painting Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.
☞ Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle. Fred. William Fairholt
5. Chemistry A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement