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carrefour — /kar euh foor , kar euh foor /, n. 1. a crossroads; road junction. 2. a public square, plaza; marketplace. [1475 85; < F; earlier quarefour, MF quarrefour < LL quadrifurcum, neut. of quadrifurcus with four forks, equiv. to quadri QUADRI + furcus… … Universalium
carrefour — [kar′ə foor΄, kar΄ə foor′] n. [altered (infl. by Fr) < LME quarefour < MFr quarrefour < VL * quadrifurcum, orig. neut. of * quadrifurcus, lit., four forked, hence, where four roads meet < L quadri (see QUADRI ) + furca, FORK] 1. a… … English World dictionary
