different between support vs fourchette

support

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t], [s??p?o?t]
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po(?)?t/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po?t/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)t
  • Hyphenation: sup?port

Etymology 1

From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin support?. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum.

Verb

support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)

  1. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  2. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  3. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  4. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  5. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
    • 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
      to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
  6. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  7. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
  8. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  9. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
    • This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
    • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
      For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language []
  10. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Synonyms
  • (to keep from falling): underprop, uphold, stut
Antonyms
  • (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose
Derived terms
  • supportable
  • supported
  • supportive
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung.

Noun

support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)

  1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
  2. Financial or other help.
  3. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  4. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
  5. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
  6. Evidence.
  7. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  8. An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
  9. An accompaniment in music.
  10. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  11. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms
  • (mathematics): kernel
Hyponyms
  • moral support
  • (answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold): first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
  • (military): combat support
Derived terms
  • support act
  • support group
Translations

French

Etymology

From the verb supporter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.p??/

Noun

support m (plural supports)

  1. support
  2. base
  3. (heraldry) supporter

Further reading

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

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fourchette

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  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

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