different between furculum vs fourchette

English

Etymology

Latin, diminutive of Latin furca a fork.

Noun

furculum (plural furcula)

1. (anatomy) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.

English

Etymology

From French fourchette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f?????t/

Noun

fourchette (plural fourchettes)

1. (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.

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3. (surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
4. The wishbone or furculum of birds
5. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
6. (card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

French

Etymology

fourche +? -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?.??t/

Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. fork (for eating)
2. diner, eater

   Hypernym: mangeur

3. wishbone
4. (statistics) margin
5. (chess) fork
6. band, bracket (as of taxes)
7. frog (part of a horse's hoof)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fourchette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourchette.

Noun

fourchette f (plural fourchettes)

1. (Jersey) fork