voiture
Americannoun
plural
voituresEtymology
Origin of voiture
1690–1700; < French < Latin vectūra, equivalent to vect ( us ) (past participle of vehere to carry) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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Here’s Pierre Rolland celebrating as he overtakes Stefan Küng in a time trial ... never mind the fact that he’s en voiture -
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2021
Watch out for the VSP - voiture sans permis.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2016
Already astounded by the miracle of their first train trip and a ride through Toronto in a "voiture," the four-year-olds* faced royalty calmly enough.
From Time Magazine Archive
“En voiture, Monsieur,” said the Wagon Lit conductor.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
It is evident that a voiture, engaged for the sole use and service of him who hires it, is "quite another thing."
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
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