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SUV

UK/ˌɛs.juːˈviː/US/ˌɛs.juˈvi/

SUV is the initialism of sport utility vehicle.

Meaning of sport utility vehicle

Noun

sport utility vehicle (plural sport utility vehicles)

  1. 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 of SUV

pluralSUVs

Questions about SUV

What is SUV the initialism of?
SUV is the initialism of sport utility vehicle.
How do you pronounce SUV?
SUV is pronounced /ˌɛs.juːˈviː/ (UK).

Words near SUV in the dictionary

  1. sutures
  2. suturing
  3. SUU
  4. Suurballe's algorithm
  5. suuure
  6. SUV
  7. Suva
  8. Suvadive
  9. Suvali
  10. Suvalk
  11. Suvalkija

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SUV (page history and authors); sport utility vehicle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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