Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voiture

/vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: voi-ture
IPA: /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The voiture proceeded ſlowly with my Chevalier; […]"
"Having consulted with my friends, about the safest method of travelling through Flanders, I was persuaded to take places in the public Voiture […]."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vectūra

Inflected Forms

voitures (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce voiture?: The recorded pronunciation is /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/.
What does voiture mean?: A carriage; a vehicle, now chiefly in French contexts.
Where does voiture come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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