fourchette

Etymology

From French fourchette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɔːˈʃɛt/

Noun

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.

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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.

Etymology

fourche +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁ.ʃɛt/

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Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. fork (for eating)
2. wishbone
3. (statistics) margin
4. (chess) fork
5. band, bracket (as of taxes)
6. frog (part of a horse's hoof)

Further reading

• “fourchette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourchette.

Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. (Jersey) fork