voiture

See also: voituré

English

Etymology

From French voiture.

Noun

voiture (plural voitures)

1. (obsolete) vehicle
   • 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

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French veiture, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vectūra, from the verb vehō (“I carry, I bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.tyʁ/

• audio:

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Noun

voiture f (plural voitures)

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

Synonyms

• (Quebec) char

Derived terms

• voiture-balai

See also

• camion
• car
• moto
• scooter

Further reading

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