langue véhiculaire
\lɑ̃ɡ ve.i.ky.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“langue véhiculaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue commune à des peuples ayant des langues différentes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-vehiculaire · langue véhiculaire · French
langue véhiculaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langue véhiculaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ ve.i.ky.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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langue véhiculaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ ve.i.ky.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue commune à des peuples ayant des langues différentes.".
langue véhiculaire has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is langue véhiculaire, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -V-É-H-I-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Langue commune à des peuples ayant des langues différentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how langue véhiculaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les principales sciences de l’époque (théologie, droit, histoire, et disciplines scientifiques stricto sensu) leur étaient interdites faute de compétence en latin, puisque le latin était alors la langue des savants en France et en Europe, la langue véhiculaire du savoir.
Une lingua franca, c'est une langue internationale, une langue véhiculaire.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.