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"vehicle" in seven languages

Meaningvehicle

Spanish

vehículo

/beˈikulo/

masc.learned

French

véhicule

/veikyl/

masc.learned

Italian

veicolo

/veˈikolo/

masc.learned

Portuguese

veículo

/veˈikulu/

masc.learned

Romanian

vehicul

/veˈhikul/

neut.learned

Catalan

vehicle

/bəˈiklə/

masc.learned

English

vehicle

/ˈviəkəl/

from Latin/French · French véhicule, from Latin

English → ItalianvehicleveicoloCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VEHICULUM‘carriage (from VEHERE 'to carry')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Learned everywhere, so the -CUL- that became ojo, œil, occhio in OCULUM stays intact here. Italian dropped the silent h.

English relatives: vehicular, vector

Sound laws at work

B and V merge in Spanish

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In a sentence

  • esLos vehículos no pueden entrar en el casco antiguo.
  • frLes véhicules ne peuvent pas entrer dans la vieille ville.
  • itI veicoli non possono entrare nel centro storico.
  • ptOs veículos não podem entrar no centro histórico.
  • roVehiculele nu pot intra în centrul vechi.
  • caEls vehicles no poden entrar al nucli antic.
  • enVehicles cannot enter the old town.

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