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

  • IPA(key): /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: voi‧ture

voiture (plural voitures)

  1. A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.

    • 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.

Inherited from Old French voiture, from Latin vectūra.

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)