different between souterrain vs fogou

English

Etymology

From French souterrain, from sous (“under”) +? terrain (“ground”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?t??e?n/

Noun

souterrain (plural souterrains)

1. (archaeology) An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated with Iron Age settlements.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 11

     Now when my son saw that I separated them, he secretly built this souterrain and furnished it and transported to it victuals, even as thou seest; and, when I had gone out a-sporting, came here with his sister and hid from me.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French souterrain.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sou?ter?rain

Noun

souterrain n (plural souterrains, diminutive souterraintje n)

1. basement, cellar

French

Etymology

sou- +? terrain, based on the model of Latin subterraneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.t?.???/

Adjective

souterrain (feminine singular souterraine, masculine plural souterrains, feminine plural souterraines)

1. underground

   Hyponyms: endogé, hypogé

Derived terms

• économie souterraine

Noun

souterrain m (plural souterrains)

1. underground passage, tunnel

Descendants

• ? English: souterrain
• ? Dutch: souterrain

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• retournais, tournerais

English

Etymology

From Cornish fogo (“cave”); compare vug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu?.?u?/, /?f??.?u?/

Noun

fogou (plural fogous)

1. (archaeology) A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
   • 2005, Ross Heaven, Simon Buxton, Darkness Visible: Awakening Spiritual Light Through Darkness Meditation, page 8,

     Cornish fogous typically consist of a long passage with walls built up in horizontal courses of rough granite stones, typically some 40 to 50 feet long, 6 feet in height, and 5 to 6 feet in width, constructed in a deliberate curve.

   • 2008, Sarah Chapman, David Chapman, Iconic Cornwall, page 18,

     All known fogous are associated with settlements, and their creation would have taken considerable effort, so they obviously had some function for these communities. The fogou at Carn Euny dates from the early part of the Iron Age; here it is thought that the large, stone-lined chamber, which is circular and 5 metres in diameter, was constructed first.

   • 2009, Patricia Monaghan, fogou, entry in The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, page 198,

     Underground stone chambers found in Cornwall, believed to have been built between between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E., fogous appear to have been places of ritual. As there is evidence of occupation by Celts in the latter part of that period, it is possible that the fogous were built by or used by them, although evidence suggests a pre-Celtic spiritual vision.