fourche

fork (garden tool), pitchfork

noun FOORSH Rare

Also means

fork (of a road or tree)

Usage Note

Fourche refers to a large two-or-more-pronged agricultural fork, not the table fork (fourchette). It also describes a fork in a road (une fourche de chemin) or the fork-like junction of branches on a tree. The diminutive fourchette is the everyday dining fork and also means a price or statistical bracket in formal French.

Examples

"Le paysan prit sa fourche pour retourner le foin."

Natural Translation

The farmer took his pitchfork to turn the hay.

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