voûte, n.f., vault, arch, canopy. pl., (of a horse-shoe) hollow, vaulting. — surbaissée; surbased vault. La clef de —; the keystone. — imparfaite; diminished arch. — oblique; skew arch. — d’arête; groined vault. — de décharge; relieving vault. — acoustique; whispering dome or gallery. La — du ciel; the canopy of heaven.
voûter, v.a., to vault, to arch. — un fer à cheval; to hollow a horseshoe.
se voûter, v.r., to arch, to vault; (pers.) to be bent, to stoop, to grow round-shouldered.
voyage, n.m., voyage, journey, travel, trip. pl., travels. — de long cours; (nav.) long voyage, voyage in foreign parts. — d’aller; (nav.) outward voyage. — de retour; (nav.) return voyage. Faire un —; to travel, to take a journey. Faire un petit —; to go a short trip. Bon —! pleasant journey to you! Être en —; to be traveling, to be abroad. De —; traveling. En —; traveling, journeying abroad.
voyager, v.n., to travel, to voyage, to journey. — à pied; to travel on foot. — à cheval; to travel on horseback.
voyageu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., traveler; passenger. Commis —; (com.) commercial traveler, traveler. Oiseau —; migratory bird. Pigeon —; carrier pigeon.
voyant, -e, adj., gaudy, showy (of colors); person who can see, who is not blind.
voyant, n.m., (Bibl.) seer, prophet.
voyelle, n.f., (gram.) vowel.
voyer, n. and adj. m., surveyor of roads, inspector of highways; relating, pertaining, to roads.