fougasse
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia.
Noun edit
fougasse (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 edit
bread
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old-fashioned type of land mine
Further reading edit
- fougasse (bread) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.
Noun edit
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited 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 edit
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
Related terms edit
Descendants 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