fourche

See also: fourché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Adjective

fourche (not comparable)

1. Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.

References

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

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French

Etymology

From Old French furche, forche, from Latin fūrca (“pitchfork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁʃ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fourche f (plural fourches)

1. pitchfork
2. fork (in the road etc.)
3. crotch
4. split end (hair)
5. fork (of a bicycle)

Derived terms

• fourchette

Descendants

• → English: fourche

Further reading

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