voiturette
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French voiturette, first used in 1895 by Léon Bollée to describe his new motor tricycle.
Noun
voiturette (plural voiturettes)
Coordinate terms
- autocycle
- microcar
- motor quadricycle
- motor tricycle
- quadricycle
- tricycle
French
Etymology
From voiture + -ette. Genericization of brand name "Voiturette". Coined by Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his new motor tricycle, «Voiturette».
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vwa.ty.ʁɛt/
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Coordinate terms
- micro-voiture
- microvoiture
- voiture sans permis
- voiture-oeuf
- voiture-œuf
Descendants
- English: voiturette
Further reading
- “voiturette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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