# How do you pronounce VEHICLE? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vehicle/1031293 "2026-06-30T07:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vehicle/1031293/61 "2026-07-09T12:00:45Z")
I say /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/ which is probably best rendered something like VEER-kuhl. As in how you might swerve your car to murder someone - specifically a Kiwi. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vehicle/1031293/62 "2026-07-10T08:24:36Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I say /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/ which is probably best rendered something like VEER-kuhl. Huh. I guess it would be, in a non-rhotic accent. That IPA is exactly how I say it. (or almost. I might use /i/ instead of /ɪ/, but those are hard to distinguish when being conceived before /r/) ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vehicle/1031293/63 "2026-07-13T16:57:07Z")
The way I think I learnt it (as a non-native speaker) is with two syllables rather than three and a silent H, so something like “veakel”. But perhaps that’s of my own making and nobody actually taught me that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vehicle/1031293.md?page=3)