fougasse
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia.
Noun
editfougasse (plural fougasses)
- A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
- An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
- Synonym: fougade
Translations
editbread
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old-fashioned type of land mine
Further reading
edit- fougasse (bread) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.
Noun
editfougasse f (plural fougasses)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Middle French fougasse, foucasse, borrowed from Old Occitan fogatza, fogassa, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of the inherited fouace.
Noun
editfougasse f (plural fougasses)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: fougasse
Further reading
edit- “fougasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- fougasse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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