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voiture

[ vwah-toor, -tyoor; French vwa-tyr ]

noun

, plural voi·tures [vwah-, toorz, -, tyoorz, vw, a, -, tyr].
  1. a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of voiture1

1690–1700; < French < Latin vectūra, equivalent to vect ( us ) (past participle of vehere to carry) + -ūra -ure

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Example Sentences

In the court-yard of the hotel was standing the voiture, which had come in some twenty minutes before us.

Wharton made the bruised Martini enter also; and accompanying them himself, the voiture set off, escorted by his servants.

The waggon should be described, as it is the best voiture in Western Canada.

Il partira aussi dans chaque sens une voiture pour les gros bagages et objets fragiles, le jeudi de chaque semaine.

Voiture came the next day, and in gentle terms acquainted him with the unfavourable opinion of the critics.

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