voiture

See also: Voiture and voituré

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French voiture, from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vecture and vettura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/

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• Hyphenation: voi‧ture

Noun

voiture (plural voitures)

1. A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 414:

     The voiture proceeded ſlowly with my Chevalier; […]

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Having consulted with my friends, about the safest method of travelling through Flanders, I was persuaded to take places in the public Voiture […] .

   • 1834, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, volume 1, page 33:

     When the voiture stopped in the village, there seemed to be a nonplusation, to coin a word for the nonce, between my friend and his sisters.

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 101

     As in a stupor, forging headlong forward she was overtaken in the vicinity of Valopolis by the evening voiture of Madame Mimosa, the lady's monogram, "Kiki," wreathed in true-love-knots, emblazoning triply the doors and rear.

Anagrams

• outrive

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voiture, from Latin vectūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.tyʁ/

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Noun

voiture f (plural voitures)

1. (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse)
2. car (wagon)
3. car (motorized vehicle)

   Synonyms: bagnole, caisse, chiotte, char (Quebec); see also Thesaurus:voiture

   voiture de fonction, voiture de société ― company car, take-home vehicle

   voiture de sport ― sports car

   voiture piégée ― car bomb

   voiture téléguidée ― radio-controlled car

   maquillé comme une voiture volée ― done up like a dog's dinner

   rangé des voitures, se ranger des voitures ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• covoiturage
• voiture-balai

Descendants

• → Chadian Arabic: وتير (watīr)

See also

• camion
• car
• moto
• scooter

Further reading

• “voiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012