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)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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;  […], →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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voiture, from Latin vectūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vwa.tyʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

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)
    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

Descendants

  • → Chadian Arabic: وتير (watīr)

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