vehicular

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US, especially/viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)//viːɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/

adjective

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

“vehicular homicide”

OriginLate Latin vehiculāris →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivevehicular (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.

    vehicular homicide

    2 more examples

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

    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.

    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, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2023
  2. not comparablehuman sciencesThat is used between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture.

    vehicular language

    2 more examples

    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.

Origin

  1. Late Latinvehiculāris
  2. Englishvehicular

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

More words from Late Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian транспортен
  • транспортен (transporten)of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
Catalan vehicular
  • vehicularof or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
Finnish ajoneuvo-
  • ajoneuvo-of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
French véhiculaire
  • véhiculaireof or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
Irish feithicleach
  • feithicleachof or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
Italian veicolare
  • veicolareof or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
Spanish vehicular
  • vehicularof or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vehicular

particularcurricularventricularperpendiculartesticularextracurricularfolliculararticularvesicularlenticularreticularauricularfuniculardiverticularnavicularcuticularextravehicularradicularcocurricularacromioclavicularcanalicularsupraclavicularacicularorbicular
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Cite this entry
APA

vehicular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vehicular

MLA

“vehicular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vehicular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vehicular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vehicular.

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