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See also: fourché
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French fourché. Doublet of furcate and fork.
Adjective
[edit]fourche (not comparable)
- (heraldry) 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.
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fourche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French furche, forche, from Latin furca (“pitchfork”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fourche f (plural fourches)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fourche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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