Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

electric vehicle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: elec-tric ve-hi-cle
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an electric car or truck.

Example Sentences

"By the middle of the decade, he [Clive Sinclair] had sold his computer businesses and moved on to transportation with the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, which was designed with a single seat but, bafflingly for as wet and chilly a country as Britain, without a roof."
"His car company, Tesla, controls two-thirds of the multibillion-dollar electric-vehicle market it pioneered and is valued at a cool $1 trillion."

Inflected Forms

electric vehicles (plural)

Derived Forms

EV

Frequently Paired Words

e-bike e-scooter e-skateboard

Synonyms

EV

Questions

What does electric vehicle mean?: A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an electric car or truck.

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