fourchu
French, adjective\fuʁ.ʃy\
fourchu is spelled F-O-U-R-C-H-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourchu is a French adjective meaning “cloven, cleft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est en forme de fourche”.
What does fourchu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cloven, cleft
- 2
forked
- 3
split (ends of hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en forme de fourche. 2. Qualifie un menton qui est marqué, à son milieu, d’un léger sillon ou renfoncement. 3. Qualifie le pied fendu des animaux ruminants, de certaines divinités champêtres et du diable. 4. Se dit de la queue d’un lion qui est divisée en deux
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 fourchu
- fourchue feminine
- fourchus masculine plural
- fourchues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourchu?
- \fuʁ.ʃy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fourchu in French?
fourchu appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).