vehicular

English

Etymology

From Late Latin vehiculāris. By surface analysis, vehicle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (especially US) IPA^(key): /viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /viːɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

vehicular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.

   vehicular homicide

   Ernest had a fear of vehicular travel, and ended up walking everywhere.

   • 2023 October 24, Snejana Farberov, “Mom of kids named Aryan and Nation was on meth in hit-and-run death of Native American woman: cops”, in New York Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2023:

     Sunny White was apprehended in Flathead County Friday on a warrant out of Lake County charging her with vehicular homicide while under the influence in the March 2023 death of 22-year-old Mika Westwolf.

2. (linguistics, of a language) That is used between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture.

   vehicular language

   English is used as a vehicular language in many business settings.

   Latin was a vehicular language for natural philosophers and others from the late Renaissance to the late 18th century.

Derived terms

• antivehicular
• extravehicular
• intervehicular
• intravehicular
• multivehicular
• nonvehicular
• vehicular cycling
• vehicular language
• vehicularly

Translations

of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles

• Amharic: የመኪና (yämäkina)
• Bulgarian: транспортен (transporten)
• Catalan: vehicular (ca)
• Finnish: ajoneuvo- (fi)
• French: véhiculaire (fr)
• Galician: vehicular
• Georgian: გადასაზიდი (gadasazidi), სატრანსპორტო (saṭransṗorṭo)
• Irish: feithicleach
• Italian: veicolare (it)
• Spanish: vehicular (es)

that is used between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture

See also

• lingua franca

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin vehiculāris. First attested in 1888.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bə.i.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.i.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.i.kuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [be.i.kuˈlar]

Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehiculars)

1. vehicular

Related terms

• vehicle

Etymology 2

From vehicle +‎ -ar, re-Latinized.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bə.i.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.i.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.i.kuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [be.i.kuˈla]

Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculí, past participle vehiculat)

1. to convey by vehicle
2. (figurative) to transmit, to conduct

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of vehicular (first conjugation)

infinitive			vehicular
gerund			vehiculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vehiculat		vehiculada
		plural		vehiculats		vehiculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vehiculo	vehicules	vehicula	vehiculem	vehiculeu	vehiculen
	imperfect	vehiculava	vehiculaves	vehiculava	vehiculàvem	vehiculàveu	vehiculaven
	future	vehicularé	vehicularàs	vehicularà	vehicularem	vehiculareu	vehicularan
	preterite	vehiculí	vehiculares	vehiculà	vehiculàrem	vehiculàreu	vehicularen
	conditional	vehicularia	vehicularies	vehicularia	vehicularíem	vehicularíeu	vehicularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vehiculi	vehiculis	vehiculi	vehiculem	vehiculeu	vehiculin
	imperfect	vehiculés	vehiculessis	vehiculés	vehiculéssim	vehiculéssiu	vehiculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vehicula	vehiculi	vehiculem	vehiculeu	vehiculin
	negative (no)	—	no vehiculis	no vehiculi	no vehiculem	no vehiculeu	no vehiculin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehicularius or French véhiculaire. By surface analysis, vehicul +‎ -ar.

Adjective

vehicular m or n (feminine singular vehiculară, masculine plural vehiculari, feminine/neuter plural vehiculare)

1. vehicular

Declension

Declension of vehicular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	vehicular		vehiculară	vehiculari	vehiculare
	definite	vehicularul		vehiculara	vehicularii	vehicularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	vehicular		vehiculare	vehiculari	vehiculare
	definite	vehicularului		vehicularei	vehicularilor	vehicularelor

References

• vehicular in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vehiculumbor.

Spanish vehículo

Spanish -ar

Spanish vehicular

From vehículo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beikuˈlaɾ/ [bei̯.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vehi‧cu‧lar

Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehiculares)

1. vehicular (of a vehicle)
2. vehicular (of a common language)
   • 2015 September 14, “Los niños vuelven al colegio con la ‘ley Wert’ en el aire”, in El País‎^[2]:

     Desde la Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe (AEB) aseguran que hay varias familias que han solicitado vía judicial el uso del castellano también como lengua vehicular y que esperan una resolución.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculé, past participle vehiculado)

1. (transitive) synonym of vehiculizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vehicular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vehicular
gerund			vehiculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vehiculado		vehiculada
		plural		vehiculados		vehiculadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vehiculo	vehiculastú vehiculásvos	vehicula	vehiculamos	vehiculáis	vehiculan
	imperfect	vehiculaba	vehiculabas	vehiculaba	vehiculábamos	vehiculabais	vehiculaban
	preterite	vehiculé	vehiculaste	vehiculó	vehiculamos	vehiculasteis	vehicularon
	future	vehicularé	vehicularás	vehiculará	vehicularemos	vehicularéis	vehicularán
	conditional	vehicularía	vehicularías	vehicularía	vehicularíamos	vehicularíais	vehicularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vehicule	vehiculestú vehiculésvos2	vehicule	vehiculemos	vehiculéis	vehiculen
	imperfect (ra)	vehiculara	vehicularas	vehiculara	vehiculáramos	vehicularais	vehicularan
	imperfect (se)	vehiculase	vehiculases	vehiculase	vehiculásemos	vehiculaseis	vehiculasen
	future1	vehiculare	vehiculares	vehiculare	vehiculáremos	vehiculareis	vehicularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vehiculatú vehiculávos	vehicule	vehiculemos	vehiculad	vehiculen
	negative		no vehicules	no vehicule	no vehiculemos	no vehiculéis	no vehiculen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vehicular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive vehicular	dative	vehicularme	vehicularte	vehicularle, vehicularse	vehicularnos	vehicularos	vehicularles, vehicularse
	accusative	vehicularme	vehicularte	vehicularlo, vehicularla, vehicularse	vehicularnos	vehicularos	vehicularlos, vehicularlas, vehicularse
with gerund vehiculando	dative	vehiculándome	vehiculándote	vehiculándole, vehiculándose	vehiculándonos	vehiculándoos	vehiculándoles, vehiculándose
	accusative	vehiculándome	vehiculándote	vehiculándolo, vehiculándola, vehiculándose	vehiculándonos	vehiculándoos	vehiculándolos, vehiculándolas, vehiculándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vehicula	dative	vehicúlame	vehicúlate	vehicúlale	vehicúlanos	not used	vehicúlales
	accusative	vehicúlame	vehicúlate	vehicúlalo, vehicúlala	vehicúlanos	not used	vehicúlalos, vehicúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vehiculá	dative	vehiculame	vehiculate	vehiculale	vehiculanos	not used	vehiculales
	accusative	vehiculame	vehiculate	vehiculalo, vehiculala	vehiculanos	not used	vehiculalos, vehiculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vehicule	dative	vehicúleme	not used	vehicúlele, vehicúlese	vehicúlenos	not used	vehicúleles
	accusative	vehicúleme	not used	vehicúlelo, vehicúlela, vehicúlese	vehicúlenos	not used	vehicúlelos, vehicúlelas
with first-person plural imperative vehiculemos	dative	not used	vehiculémoste	vehiculémosle	vehiculémonos	vehiculémoos	vehiculémosles
	accusative	not used	vehiculémoste	vehiculémoslo, vehiculémosla	vehiculémonos	vehiculémoos	vehiculémoslos, vehiculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vehiculad	dative	vehiculadme	not used	vehiculadle	vehiculadnos	vehiculaos	vehiculadles
	accusative	vehiculadme	not used	vehiculadlo, vehiculadla	vehiculadnos	vehiculaos	vehiculadlos, vehiculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vehiculen	dative	vehicúlenme	not used	vehicúlenle	vehicúlennos	not used	vehicúlenles, vehicúlense
	accusative	vehicúlenme	not used	vehicúlenlo, vehicúlenla	vehicúlennos	not used	vehicúlenlos, vehicúlenlas, vehicúlense

Further reading

• “vehicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025