Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sport utility vehicle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
sport u-til-i-ty ve-hi-cle
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

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.

Inflected Forms

sport utility vehicles (plural)

Derived Forms

SUV

Frequently Paired Words

SUV S.U.V. sport ute CUV XUV EUV minivan station wagon

Synonyms

sport utility s.u.v. suv

Questions

What does sport utility vehicle mean?
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.
Where does sport utility vehicle come from?
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.

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