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
The carrefour, with the barricades that closed it in, was become an intrenched camp, guarded by the roaring flames that rose on every side and sent down showers of sparks.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
At the summit of the hill, at the carrefour of la Maison-Rouge, the road from Donchery to Vrigne-aux-Bois debouched into the Mezieres pike.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
Presently, as he turned into a grass-grown carrefour, a mere waste of wild-flowers and tangled briers, he caught his ankle in a strand of ivy and fell headlong.
From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
At the corner of the carrefour, the serpent catcher showed them two vipers in a low flat box.
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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