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voiture

Syllables: voi·ture/vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/

voiture noun: a carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.

Noun

voiture (plural voitures)

  1. A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.
    • The voiture proceeded ſlowly with my Chevalier; […]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
    • Having consulted with my friends, about the safest method of travelling through Flanders, I was persuaded to take places in the public Voiture […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of voiture

pluralvoitures

Origin of voiture

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

Questions about voiture

What does voiture mean?
Voiture means a carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.
What part of speech is voiture?
Voiture is a noun.
How do you pronounce voiture?
Voiture is pronounced /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of voiture?
The plural of voiture is voitures.

Words near voiture in the dictionary

  1. voissoir
  2. voissoirs
  3. Voit
  4. Voitel
  5. Voits
  6. voiture
  7. voitures
  8. voiturette
  9. voiturettes
  10. voiturier
  11. voituriers

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