carrefour
French, noun/kaʁ.fuʁ/
carrefour is spelled C-A-R-R-E-F-O-U-R (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,842nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carrefour is a French masculine noun meaning “crossroads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit où, dans les villes et à la campagne, se croisent plusieurs rues, routes, chemins”.
What does carrefour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrossroads
- 2
masculineintersection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit où, dans les villes et à la campagne, se croisent plusieurs rues, routes, chemins. 2. Moment clé. 3. Lieu de rencontre d'idées, de cultures, de doctrines ou de peuples différents.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carrefour
- carrefours plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carrefour?
- /kaʁ.fuʁ/
- \kaʁ.fuʁ\
- [kaʁ.fuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carrefour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carrefour in French?
carrefour appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).