vanity plate

van·i·ty plate

V v

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [van-i-tee pleyt]
- /ˈvæn ɪ ti pleɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [van-i-tee pleyt]
- /ˈvæn ɪ ti pleɪt/

Definitions of vanity plate words

noun vanity plate a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation. 1
noun vanity plate a license plate having letters and numbers chosen by the owner, who usually pays an extra fee 0
noun vanity plate A license plate whose identifier is chosen by the registering owner. 0

See all 3 definitions of vanity plate

Information block about the term

Origin of vanity plate

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Vanity plate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Vanity plate

vanity plate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

vanity plate usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer