fourgon

See also: Fourgon

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fourgon.

Noun

fourgon (plural fourgons)

1. (rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
   • 1942 February, “Notes and News: The London-Paris Club Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

     The usual composition of the L.C.D.R. train was three saloon cars of Wagons-Lits stock, with a Wagons-Lits fourgon or van at one end, while the S.E.R. train, as shown, had two saloons and the fourgon, with a 6-wheel S.E.R. brake at the other end.

2. An ammunition wagon.

Etymology 2

four +‎ -gon

Alternative forms

• 4-gon

Noun

fourgon (plural fourgons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.

Synonyms

• quadrilateral

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *furicōnem, from *furicāre, from Latin furō (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁ.ɡɔ̃/

Noun

fourgon m (plural fourgons)

1. poker, fire poker
2. (archaic) coach, wagon
3. (archaic, military) truck
4. van

   Synonym: fourgonnette

5. minivan

   Synonyms: fourgonnette, mini-fourgon, mini-fourgonnette

6. (rail transport) goods wagon, freight car

Derived terms

• fourgon à baggages
• fourgon à bestiaux
• fourgon cellulaire
• fourgon de queue
• fourgon de tête
• fourgon mortuaire
• fourgon postal
• fourgonnette
• mini-fourgon / minifourgon
• mini-fourgonnette / minifourgonnette

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: furgó
• → English: fourgon
• → Italian: furgone
• → Lithuanian: furgonas
• → Piedmontese: forgon
• → Portuguese: furgão
• → Romanian: furgon
• → Russian: фурго́н (furgón) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: furgón
• → Turkish: furgon

Further reading

• “fourgon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.