voiture
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Etymology
Borrowed from French voiture, from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vecture and vettura.
Pronunciation
Noun
voiture (plural voitures)
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Old French voiture, from Latin vectūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
voiture f (plural voitures)
- car (motorized vehicle)
- (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse)
- car (wagon)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Chadian Arabic: وتير (watīr)
See also
Further reading
- “voiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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