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noun
1.
a crossroads; road junction.
2.
a public square, plaza; marketplace.
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Carrefour
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| carrefour (ˈkærəˌfɔː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rare word for crossroads |
| 2. | a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads |
| [C15: from Old French quarrefour, ultimately from Latin quadrifurcus having four forks] | |
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Word Origin & History
carrefour
1477, "place where four ways meet," from O.Fr. carrefor (13c., quarrefour), from L. quadrifurcus "four-forked," from quatuor "four" + furca "fork." "Formerly quite naturalized, but now treated only as French" [OED].
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