voiture

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French voiture, from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vecture and vettura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/ Hyphenation: voi‧ture === Noun === voiture (plural voitures) A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts. 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 === outrive == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French voiture, from Latin vectūra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vwa.tyʁ/ === Noun === voiture f (plural voitures) (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse) car (wagon) car (motorized vehicle) Synonyms: bagnole, caisse, chiotte, char (Quebec); see also Thesaurus:voiture 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 ==== covoiturage voiture-balai ==== Descendants ==== → Chadian Arabic: وتير (watīr) === See also === camion car moto scooter === Further reading === “voiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012