fourneau

English

Etymology

From French fourneau.

Noun

fourneau (plural fourneaus or fourneaux)

1. (mining, archaic) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.
   • 1809, Louis de Tousard, American Artillerist's Companion:

     The quantity of powder to charge the fourneau depends on the density and tenacity of the soil in which it is to be made

References

• “fourneau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fourneau, from Old French fornel, a diminutive of Old French forn (“oven”) (Modern French four) with suffix -eau, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *furnellus, from Latin furnus. Compare Italian fornello, Occitan fornèl, Catalan fornell, Spanish hornillo, Walloon fornea, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁ.no/

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Noun

fourneau m (plural fourneaux)

1. stove (cooker)
2. stove (heater)
3. chamber (of a tobacco pipe)
4. (slang, archaic) beggar, hobo

Derived terms

• haut fourneau

Related terms

• fournaise

Further reading

• “fourneau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fornel.

Noun

fourneau m (plural fourneaulx)

1. furnace

Descendants

• French: fourneau