sport utility vehicle

== English == === 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. === Noun === sport utility vehicle (plural sport utility vehicles) 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. Alternative forms: SUV, S.U.V. Hypernyms: automobile < motor vehicle < vehicle Coordinate terms: CUV, XUV, EUV; minivan, station wagon, estate car, estate; car, truck, lorry, van; UTV, SxS, side-by-side; ATV, all-terrain vehicle ==== Derived terms ==== SUV (initialism) ==== Translations ====