fourchette

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French fourchette.

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• (UK) IPA: /fɔːˈʃɛt/

[edit] 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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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Diminutive of fourche.

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• IPA: /fuʁʃɛt/, SAMPA: /fuRSEt/

[edit] Noun

fourchette f. (plural fourchettes)

1. fork (for eating)
2. wishbone
3. (statistics) margin
4. (chess) fork

[edit] Derived terms

• fourchette sternale
• fourchette vulvaire
• la bonne fourchette