fourche
adjective
fourche is an adjective meaning “Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-C-H-E, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fourche mean?
adjective
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Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of fourche (“forked”).
cross fourché
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fourche
- fourchee
- fourchée
- fourché
- fourchy
- furché
- furchy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fourche?
Fourche appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fourche come from?
Borrowed from French fourché. Doublet of furcate and fork.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).