Meanings
nounvoiturette (plural voiturettes)
plural voiturettes
- A lightweight vehicle with an engine of limited capacity.
Origin
- Frenchvoiturette
- Englishvoiturette
Borrowed from French voiturette, first used in 1895 by Léon Bollée to describe his new motor tricycle.
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APA
voiturette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiturette
MLA
“voiturette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiturette. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voiturette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiturette.
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