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voiture
noun, feminine
car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse); car (wagon); car (motorized vehicle)
voiture autonome
noun, feminine
self-driving car
voiture de course
noun, feminine
racing car, race car
voiture de fonction
noun, feminine
company car, take-home vehicle
voiture de location
noun, feminine
rental car
voiture de société
noun, feminine
company car, take-home vehicle
voiture de sport
noun, feminine
sports car
voiture piégée
noun, feminine
car bomb (car filled with explosives)
voiture téléguidée
noun, feminine
radio-controlled car
voiture volante
noun, masculine
flying car (vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft)
voiture électrique
noun, feminine
electric car
voiture-balai
noun, feminine
broom wagon
voiture-bélier
noun, feminine
vehicle used to ram into a building or crowd
voiture-restaurant
noun, feminine
dining car
to transport; to drive, chauffeur (transport by vehicle)
voiturette
noun, feminine
small car; toy car; voiturette
voiturier
noun, masculine
a haulier; a valet (person employed to park a vehicle)
voiturin
noun, masculine
vetturino
voix
noun, feminine
voice; vote
voix active
noun, feminine
active voice
voix au chapitre
noun, feminine
seat at the table, say
voix chantée
noun, feminine
singing voice (a person's voice when singing)
voix de crécelle
noun, feminine
a rasping and high-pitched voice, a shrill voice, an unpleasant voice
voix de la raison
noun, feminine
voice of reason
voix de poitrine
noun, feminine
chest voice
voix de stentor
noun, feminine
stentorian voice
voix de tête
noun, feminine
head voice
voix moyenne
noun, feminine
middle voice
voix off
noun, feminine
voice-over
voix parlée
noun, feminine
speaking voice (a person's voice when speaking)
voix passive
noun, feminine
passive voice
vol
noun, masculine
flight; stealing, theft, robbery
vol aux instruments
noun, masculine
instrument flying
vol coqueluche
noun, masculine
a European climatotherapy for whooping cough, that involves a flight consisting of a rapid ascent to 3—3.5km up, staying there for 3/4—1 hour, descent to 1.5km and then landing
vol plané
noun, masculine
gliding; fall, tumble
vol qualifié
noun, feminine
aggravated theft, theft with aggravating circumstances
vol à l'étalage
noun, masculine
shoplifting; an instance of shoplifting
vol à la roulotte
noun, masculine
theft from a parked vehicle; vehicle burglary
vol à la tire
noun, masculine
pickpocketing
vol à voile
noun, masculine
gliding
vol-au-vent
noun, masculine
vol-au-vent (puff pastry with a hole)
volable
adjective
robbable; stealable
volage
adjective
flighty, fickle; unfaithful
volaille
noun, feminine
poultry; po-po, bacon (police); a freshman in a military school; a thievish prostitute
volailler
noun, masculine
poulterer
volant
adjective
flying
volant
noun, masculine
steering wheel; flywheel; flounce; shuttlecock, birdie
volant d'affaires
noun, masculine
volume of business
volant d'inertie
noun, masculine
flywheel (rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage)
volapük
noun, masculine
Volapük (language); incomprehensible language.
volatil
adjective
volatile; flying, volant; evanescent
volatile
noun, masculine
fowl, bird
volatilisable
adjective
volatilizable
volatilisation
noun, feminine
volatilization
to volatilize; to extinguish, obliterate; to vanish
volatilité
noun, feminine
volatility
volcan
noun, masculine
volcano
volcanique
adjective
volcanic
volcanically
volcanisme
noun, masculine
volcanism (natural phenomena associated with volcanoes)