voiture
See also: voituré
English
Etymology
Noun
voiture (plural voitures)
- (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.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 101
Anagrams
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
Noun
voiture f (plural voitures)
- car (motorized vehicle)
- (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse)
- car (wagon)
Synonyms
- (Quebec) char
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “voiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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