vehicular
English
Etymology
From Late Latin vehiculāris.
Pronunciation
- esp (US) IPA(key): /viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
- IPA(key): /viːɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
vehicular (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks.
- Ernest had a fear of vehicular travel, and ended up walking everywhere.
- Of or pertaining to a language that is used as a contact language between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture.
- 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
- vehicular homicide
- vehicular language
Translations
of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /və.i.kuˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bə.i.kuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ve.i.kuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
vehicular (masculine and feminine plural vehiculars)
- vehicular
Related terms
- vehicle
Verb
vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, past participle vehiculat)
- to vehicle, transmit
Conjugation
Conjugation of vehicular (first conjugation)
| infinitive | vehicular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | vehicula | vehiculi | vehiculem | vehiculeu | 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 and neuter plural vehiculare)
- 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
From vehículo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beikuˈlaɾ/ [bei̯.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: vehi‧cu‧lar
Adjective
vehicular (plural vehiculares)
- vehicular (of a vehicle)
- vehicular (of a common language)
- 2015 September 14, “Los niños vuelven al colegio con la ‘ley Wert’ en el aire”, in El País:
- 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 quote)
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Verb
vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculé, past participle vehiculado)
- to serve as a mediator
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 | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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 tú 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 vos 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014