voiture
noun
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
voitures
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pluralof voiture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These voitures are not at all like ours, but much more convenient for the country, the heat being so great, that glasses would be very troublesome.
From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
It possesses five thousand cabs and over two thousand handsome and stylish voitures de remise.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various
It requires to travel in Brittany to form any notion of the detestable vehicles, whether public or "voitures à volonté," in which travellers in this country are condemned to ride.
From Brittany & Its Byways by Mrs. Bury Palliser
About six o'clock the next morning two voitures cellulaires drove up, each attended by a light carriage containing an especial agent sent by the police.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
This astonishing mode of conveyance was known as a "cacolet," and replaced the "voitures" and "fiacres" of other resorts.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
