"DMV" meaning in English

See DMV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} DMV
  1. (US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Tags: US Coordinate_terms: Delmarva
    Sense id: en-DMV-en-name-CWVzj-MK Categories (other): American English

Noun

Forms: DMVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DMV (plural DMVs)
  1. (US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: department of motor vehicles Related terms: MOT, RTA Translations (department of motor vehicles): إِدَارَة الْمَرْكَبَات (alt: ʔidāra(t) al-markabāt) [feminine] (Arabic), oifig mótarchánach [feminine] (Irish), DETRAN [Brazil] (Portuguese), Departamento de Trânsito (Portuguese), автотранспортная инспе́кция (avtotransportnaja inspékcija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-DMV-en-noun-RNLRSCzR Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Automotive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 65 11 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 54 14 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 68 11 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 82 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 85 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 61 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 58 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 61 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 71 10 7 Disambiguation of Automotive: 26 39 21 14 Disambiguation of 'department of motor vehicles': 97 1 1
  2. (UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: deserted medieval village
    Sense id: en-DMV-en-noun-YUKozcgR Categories (other): British English
  3. (anatomy) Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus
    Sense id: en-DMV-en-noun-kZ-Fk2Bz Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DMV",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "Delmarva"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia."
      ],
      "id": "en-DMV-en-name-CWVzj-MK",
      "links": [
        [
          "District of Columbia",
          "District of Columbia"
        ],
        [
          "Maryland",
          "Maryland"
        ],
        [
          "Virginia",
          "Virginia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DMV"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "DMVs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DMV (plural DMVs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "department of motor vehicles"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 65 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 54 14 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 68 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 82 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 85 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 61 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 58 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 61 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 71 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 39 21 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Automotive",
          "orig": "en:Automotive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1993, “DMV”, performed by Primus:",
          "text": "I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV\nAnyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean\nI've stood in line and waited near an hour and fifteen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              59,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach):",
          "text": "Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              149,
              152
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2024 June 14, Camila Pedrosa, “California license plate numbers running out faster than predicted — here’s what will happen”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024:",
          "text": "The state is currently in the 9EWZ000-9EWZ999 series, and the final plate in the current sequence — 9ZZZ999 — is expected to be issued in late 2025, DMV officials said.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of department of motor vehicles."
      ],
      "id": "en-DMV-en-noun-RNLRSCzR",
      "links": [
        [
          "department of motor vehicles",
          "w:department of motor vehicles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 6 1",
          "word": "MOT"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 6 1",
          "word": "RTA"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1",
          "alt": "ʔidāra(t) al-markabāt",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "إِدَارَة الْمَرْكَبَات"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oifig mótarchánach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "DETRAN"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
          "word": "Departamento de Trânsito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "avtotransportnaja inspékcija",
          "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "автотранспортная инспе́кция"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "deserted medieval village"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of deserted medieval village."
      ],
      "id": "en-DMV-en-noun-YUKozcgR",
      "links": [
        [
          "deserted",
          "deserted#English"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval#English"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus."
      ],
      "id": "en-DMV-en-noun-kZ-Fk2Bz",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "dorsal",
          "dorsal#English"
        ],
        [
          "motor",
          "motor#English"
        ],
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus#English"
        ],
        [
          "vagus",
          "vagus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DMV"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "en:Automotive"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DMV",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "Delmarva"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "District of Columbia",
          "District of Columbia"
        ],
        [
          "Maryland",
          "Maryland"
        ],
        [
          "Virginia",
          "Virginia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "DMV"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "en:Automotive"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "DMVs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "DMV (plural DMVs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "MOT"
    },
    {
      "word": "RTA"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "department of motor vehicles"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1993, “DMV”, performed by Primus:",
          "text": "I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV\nAnyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean\nI've stood in line and waited near an hour and fifteen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              59,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach):",
          "text": "Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              149,
              152
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2024 June 14, Camila Pedrosa, “California license plate numbers running out faster than predicted — here’s what will happen”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024:",
          "text": "The state is currently in the 9EWZ000-9EWZ999 series, and the final plate in the current sequence — 9ZZZ999 — is expected to be issued in late 2025, DMV officials said.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of department of motor vehicles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "department of motor vehicles",
          "w:department of motor vehicles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "deserted medieval village"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of deserted medieval village."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deserted",
          "deserted#English"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval#English"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "dorsal",
          "dorsal#English"
        ],
        [
          "motor",
          "motor#English"
        ],
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus#English"
        ],
        [
          "vagus",
          "vagus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "ʔidāra(t) al-markabāt",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "إِدَارَة الْمَرْكَبَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oifig mótarchánach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "DETRAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
      "word": "Departamento de Trânsito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "avtotransportnaja inspékcija",
      "sense": "department of motor vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автотранспортная инспе́кция"
    }
  ],
  "word": "DMV"
}

Download raw JSONL data for DMV meaning in English (4.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.