carrefour

noun

car·​re·​four ˌker-ə-ˈfu̇r 

ˌka-rə-

1

: crossroads

2

: square, plaza

the farmers … preferred the open carrefour for their transactions

—Thomas Hardy

Synonyms

• intersection
• corner
• junction

Examples of carrefour in a Sentence

our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour

Recent Examples on the Web

Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads. —Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Late Latin quadrifurcum, neuter of quadrifurcus having four forks, from Latin quadri- + furca fork

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Geographical Definition

Carrefour

geographical name

Carre·​four ˌkär-ˈfu̇r 

residential city west of Port-au-Prince in southern Haiti population 430,000