also: アールブイ
Commonly used for both RVs and SUVs in Japanese, though the distinction may be blurred.
On weekends, I go camping in an RV.
reactor vessel
Technical term in nuclear engineering; abbreviation for 原子炉格納容器.
See also: 原子炉格納容器
Inspections of the reactor vessel are carried out rigorously.
reentry vehicle
Aerospace term for a vehicle designed to reenter the atmosphere.
The missile carries multiple reentry vehicles.
My family drove an RV to the campsite.
The new SUV gets good gas mileage.
The RV is a 19th-century English translation of the Bible.
After retiring, he bought an RV and went on a trip.
ＲＶ is formally counted with 輛 as a vehicle, though everyday speech often just uses 台 informally.
Abbreviation of English 'recreational vehicle', 'reactor vessel', 'reentry vehicle', and 'Revised Version', borrowed into Japanese as an initialism.