sport utility vehicle en · NOUN
Etymology
Extant since the 1970s in the technical usage of the auto industry, where at the time it sometimes included a virgule as sport/utility vehicle; in common use among the general public since the early 1990s, when this class of vehicles first became widely popular as an alternative to station wagons and minivans.
Meanings
- A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sport utility vehicles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
station wagon · EUV · CUV · estate car · estate · car · side-by-side · minivan · SxS · truck · lorry · van · UTV · XUV
Deriveds
Hypernyms
motor vehicle · vehicle · automobile
Relateds
Translations (32)
da cityjeep (vehicle) · ko 스포츠 유틸리티 자동차 (vehicle) · nl P.C. Hoofttractor (vehicle) · nv chidí tsésǫʼí (vehicle) · tr sport utility vehicle (vehicle) · ko 스포츠 유틸리티 차량 (vehicle) · hu szabadidő-autó (vehicle) · fr véhicule utilitaire sport (vehicle) · pl SUV (vehicle) · es vehículo utilitario deportivo (VUD) (vehicle) · it SUV (vehicle) · da semioffroader (vehicle) · fi katumaasturi (vehicle) · nl asobak (vehicle) · cmn 越野車子 /越野车子 (vehicle) · nb byjeep (vehicle) · is jepplingur (vehicle) · cmn 越野車 /越野车 (vehicle) · sv SUV stadsjeep (vehicle) · nl SUV (vehicle) · fo jepplingur (vehicle) · hu utcai terepjáró (vehicle) · acw جيب (vehicle) · hy ջիպ (vehicle) · fi city-maasturi (vehicle) · cmn 運動型多用途汽車 /运动型多用途汽车 (vehicle) · de Sport Utility Vehicle (vehicle) · nn byjeep (vehicle) · cs sportovně-užitkový vůz (vehicle) · tr spor amaçlı taşıt (vehicle) · de Geländelimousine (vehicle) · ja スポーツユーティリティビークル (vehicle)