Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given in France to a light motor-car, usually for two persons, or for two more in an extra or folding seat. The voiturette is lighter, shorter, and less highly powered, and therefore cheaper than the larger cars.
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- noun A small,
compact car . - noun A
lightweight vehicle with anengine oflimited capacity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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French Vocabulary la belle-tante = aunt-in-law la voiturette = little car le panier = basket le/la nouveau-né (e) = newborn le cochonnet = piglet c'est un bébé lièvre = it's a baby hare la maman = mother le/la rescapé (e) = survivor une pierraille = place, yard with loose stones nom de guerre = literally "war name" on verra = we shall see
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I followed my belle-tante out to the vines beside which her voiturette was parked.
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I followed my belle-tante out to the vines beside which her voiturette was parked.
Animals: hare 2010
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I followed my belle-tante out to the vines beside which her voiturette was parked.
French Word-A-Day 2010
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I followed my belle-tante out to the vines beside which her voiturette was parked.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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I followed my belle-tante out to the vines beside which her voiturette was parked.
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French Vocabulary la belle-tante = aunt-in-law la voiturette = little car le panier = basket le/la nouveau-né (e) = newborn le cochonnet = piglet c'est un bébé lièvre = it's a baby hare la maman = mother le/la rescapé (e) = survivor une pierraille = place, yard with loose stones nom de guerre = literally "war name" on verra = we shall see
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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French Vocabulary la belle-tante = aunt-in-law la voiturette = little car le panier = basket le/la nouveau-né (e) = newborn le cochonnet = piglet c'est un bébé lièvre = it's a baby hare la maman = mother le/la rescapé (e) = survivor une pierraille = place, yard with loose stones nom de guerre = literally "war name" on verra = we shall see
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French Vocabulary la belle-tante = aunt-in-law la voiturette = little car le panier = basket le/la nouveau-né (e) = newborn le cochonnet = piglet c'est un bébé lièvre = it's a baby hare la maman = mother le/la rescapé (e) = survivor une pierraille = place, yard with loose stones nom de guerre = literally "war name" on verra = we shall see
Animals: hare 2010
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French Vocabulary la belle-tante = aunt-in-law la voiturette = little car le panier = basket le/la nouveau-né (e) = newborn le cochonnet = piglet c'est un bébé lièvre = it's a baby hare la maman = mother le/la rescapé (e) = survivor une pierraille = place, yard with loose stones nom de guerre = literally "war name" on verra = we shall see
French Word-A-Day 2010
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