# vehicular
## English
### Etymology

From Late Latin vehiculāris.

### Pronunciation

* esp (US) IPA: /viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
* IPA: /viːɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

vehicular (not comparable)
* 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.
* (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

* extravehicular
* vehicular cycling
* vehicular language

#### See also

* lingua franca

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin vehiculāris. First attested in 1888.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.i.kuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [və.i.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ve.i.kuˈlaɾ]

#### Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehiculars)
* vehicular

##### Related terms

* vehicle

### Etymology 2

From vehicle +‎ -ar, re-Latinized.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.i.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [və.i.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ve.i.kuˈlaɾ]

#### Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculí, past participle vehiculat)
* to convey by vehicle
* (figurative) to transmit, to conduct

##### Conjugation
## 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
### References

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From vehículo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beikuˈlaɾ/ [bei̯.kuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: vehi‧cu‧lar

### Adjective

vehicular m or f (masculine and feminine 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 quotation)

### Verb

vehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculé, past participle vehiculado)
* to serve as a mediator

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “vehicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10