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carrefour

[ kar-uh-foor, kar-uh-foor ]

noun

  1. a crossroads; road junction.
  2. a public square, plaza; marketplace.


carrefour

/ ˈkærəˌfɔː /

noun

  1. a rare word for crossroads
  2. a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carrefour1

1475–85; < French; earlier quarefour, Middle French quarrefour < Late Latin quadrifurcum, neuter of quadrifurcus with four forks, equivalent to quadri- quadri- + -furcus -forked, adj. derivative of furcus, furca fork
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carrefour1

C15: from Old French quarrefour, ultimately from Latin quadrifurcus having four forks
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Example Sentences

French retail giant Carrefour has sold all its stores in Greece to its local partner for … one euro!

It is so easy to take a wrong turning at the cross-roads of life, and assuredly Denise stood at a carrefour now.

A modern journalist called its carrefour—the point where it meets the Rue du Faubourg Montmartre—carrefour des crass.

As they entered the carrefour, the girl ran in front of him and pushed him back with all her strength.

However, on the next day, the horse combat was appointed in the carrefour, by the pine-tree.

Ce ne fut pas un tournant, mais un angle vif; comme un carrefour.

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