carrefour
Americannoun
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a crossroads; road junction.
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a public square, plaza; marketplace.
noun
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a rare word for crossroads
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a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
Etymology
Origin of carrefour
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
Example Sentences
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Daphnee Sylvestre and 2 months old baby is in her car in carrefour marotie’re 28 , needs help!
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2010
Just ahead, around the bend in the path, lay the grass-grown carrefour where he had first seen Lorraine.
From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
We followed the other part of the cavalcade and arrived at the carrefour in time to see the death of one stag.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
The grassy roads run beneath the embowering beeches straight from carrefour to carrefour.
From Hospital Sketches by Peabody, Robert Swain
The government considers that a part of its duty, and encourages the "bal du carrefour" by the erection of stands and providing music at the general expense.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore
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