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
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)
From the carrefour Jack turned to the left straight into the heart of the forest.
From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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)
At Poictiers in 1574 'trois Sorciers & vne Sorciere declarent qu'ils estoyent trois fois l'an, à l'assemblée generale, où plusieurs Sorciers se trouuoyent prés d'vne croix d'vn carrefour, qui seruoit d'enseigne.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
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