fourchette

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English

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Etymology

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From French fourchette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fourchette (plural fourchettes)

  1. (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
  2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.[1]
  3. (surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
  4. The wishbone or furculum of birds
  5. The frog of the hoof of the horse 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”, in Knight’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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From fourche +‎ -ette.

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Noun

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fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

  1. fork (for eating)
  2. diner, eater
    Hypernym: mangeur
    Mon oncle était une fourchette réputée.
    My uncle was a renowned diner.
  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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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fourchette.

Noun

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fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

  1. (Jersey) fork