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English

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Etymology

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FromFrenchfourchette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fourchette (pluralfourchettes)

  1. (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where thelabia minora meet above theperineum (thefrenulum labiorum pudendi).
  2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of aglove.[1]
  3. (surgery) Aninstrument used toraise andsupport thetongue during the cutting of thefrenulum.
  4. Thewishbone orfurculum ofbirds
  5. Thefrog of thehoof of thehorse and allied animals.
  6. (card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

References

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  1. ^Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Fourchette”, inKnight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.:Hurd and Houghton […],→OCLC.

French

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Etymology

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Fromfourche +‎-ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fourchette f (pluralfourchettes)

  1. fork(for eating)
  2. diner,eater
    Hypernym:mangeur
    Mon oncle était unefourchette réputée.
    My uncle was a renowneddiner.
  3. wishbone
  4. (statistics)range
    Les taux d'équipement par ménage dans la Communauté stagnent, dans une fourchette allant de 96 % en Espagne à 77 % en Suède.
    Equipment to household ratios in the Community are becoming stagnant, within a range from 96 % in Spain to 77 % in Sweden.
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  5. (chess)fork
  6. band,bracket(as of taxes)
  7. frog(part of a horse's hoof)

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2000:187:0047:0054:FR:PDF

Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchfourchette.

Noun

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fourchette f (pluralfourchettes)

  1. (Jersey)fork
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