fourgon
See also: Fourgon
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editfourgon (plural fourgons)
- (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.
- An ammunition wagon.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editfourgon (plural fourgons)
- (geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
Synonyms
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *furicōnem, from *furicāre, from Latin furō (“to steal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfourgon m (plural fourgons)
- poker, fire poker
- (archaic) coach, wagon
- (archaic, military) truck
- van
- Synonym: fourgonnette
- minivan
- Synonyms: fourgonnette, mini-fourgon, mini-fourgonnette
- (rail transport) goods wagon, freight car
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “fourgon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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