fourchette

English

Etymology

From French fourchette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fɔːˈʃɛt/

Noun

fourchette (plural fourchettes)

1. (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.

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3. (surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
4. The wishbone or furculum of birds
5. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

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French

Etymology

fourche +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fuʁʃɛt/, X-SAMPA: /fuRSEt/

Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. fork (for eating)
2. wishbone
3. (statistics) margin
4. (chess) fork
5. band, bracket (as of taxes)

Derived terms

• fourchette sternale
• fourchette vulvaire
• la bonne fourchette

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From French.

Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. fork