fourchette
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English
Etymology
From French fourchette.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːˈʃɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
fourchette (plural fourchettes)
- (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
- A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.[1]
- (surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
- The wishbone or furculum of birds
- The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
- (card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
References
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Fourchette”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fourchette f (plural fourchettes)
- fork (for eating)
- diner, eater
- Hypernym: mangeur
- Mon oncle était une fourchette réputée.
- My uncle was a renowned diner.
- wishbone
- (statistics) range
- Les taux d’équipement par ménage dans la Communauté stagnent, dans une fourchette allant de 96 % en Espagne à 77 % en Suède.[1]
- Equipment to household ratios in the Community are becoming stagnant, within a range from 96 % in Spain to 77 % in Sweden.
- (chess) fork
- band, bracket (as of taxes)
- frog (part of a horse's hoof)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “fourchette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “fourchette” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “fourchette” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French fourchette.
Noun
fourchette f (plural fourchettes)