"fourchette" meaning in French

See fourchette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fuʁ.ʃɛt/ Audio: Fr-fourchette.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fourchette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fourchette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-fourchette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-fourchette.wav Forms: fourchettes [plural]
Etymology: From fourche + -ette. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|fourche|-ette}} fourche + -ette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fourchette f (plural fourchettes)
  1. fork (for eating) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun--9ieGNPf Categories (other): Horses Disambiguation of Horses: 11 5 21 16 13 10 24
  2. diner, eater Tags: feminine Hypernyms: mangeur
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-xu0H3j41
  3. wishbone Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-Pp8Lqf6g Categories (other): Horses Disambiguation of Horses: 11 5 21 16 13 10 24
  4. (statistics) range Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-ImnAvgCb Categories (other): Statistics, Anatomy, Horses Disambiguation of Anatomy: 11 14 13 24 14 12 12 Disambiguation of Horses: 11 5 21 16 13 10 24 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  5. (chess) fork Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-jQx6yZKv Categories (other): Chess, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ette, Cutlery, Horses Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 6 19 12 21 3 2 6 5 14 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 4 23 15 24 2 1 4 3 14 2 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 27 18 34 5 6 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ette: 10 5 22 14 33 9 9 Disambiguation of Cutlery: 17 16 9 6 43 5 5 Disambiguation of Horses: 11 5 21 16 13 10 24 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  6. band, bracket (as of taxes) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-92H4r2uX Categories (other): Taxation Disambiguation of Taxation: 12 12 14 12 12 24 13
  7. frog (part of a horse's hoof) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fourchette-fr-noun-IPCh~S7Z Categories (other): Horses Disambiguation of Horses: 11 5 21 16 13 10 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fourchette à découper, fourchette à fondue, fourchette à gâteau, fourchette à poisson, fourchette à salade, fourchette sternale, fourchette vulvaire

Inflected forms

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