SUV

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See also: suv and S.U.V.

English

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Pronunciation

Noun

SUV (plural SUVs)

  1. Initialism of sport utility vehicle; also S.U.V.
    • 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
      A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
    • 2019 March 7, George Monbiot, “Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out”, in The Guardian:
      As SUVs are higher and heavier, they are more likely to kill the people they hit. Driving an SUV in an urban area is an antisocial act.
    • 2021 February 4, Stephen Williams, “E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors …”, in The New York Times:
      Audi, which markets a variety of electrified S.U.V.s like the E-tron, is developing other designs as pure electrics, said an Audi of America spokesman, Mark Dahncke.

Hyponyms

  • CUV (compact utility vehicle)
  • XUV (crossover utility vehicle)
  • EUV (electric utility vehicle)

Descendants

  • French: SUV
  • German: SUV

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English SUV.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.juˈvi/
  • (file)

Noun

SUV m (plural SUV's, diminutive SUV'tje n)

  1. SUV (sports utility vehicle)

Derived terms

Esperanto

Noun

SUV

  1. Initialism of Sporta Utiligebla Veturilo.; SUV

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English SUV.

Pronunciation

Noun

SUV m (plural SUVs)

  1. (Anglicism) SUV; Synonym of VUS (véhicule utilitaire sport)

Synonyms

German

der Chevrolet Trailblazer ist ein SUV - the Chevrolet Trailblazer is a SUV

Pronunciation

Noun

SUV n or m (strong, genitive SUVs or SUV, plural SUVs or SUV)

  1. Initialism of Sport Utility Vehicle; SUV

See also

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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SUV

Alternative forms

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English SUV.

Pronunciation

Noun

SUV m inan or m animal

  1. SUV (SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent)

Declension

Further reading

  • SUV in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • SUV in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • SUV in PWN's encyclopedia