our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour
Recent Examples on the WebBut in carrefours all over the world, migrants talk to each other in this way, trading hope, disappointment, tenacity, pain.—Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019 Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads.—Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Late Latin quadrifurcum, neuter of quadrifurcus having four forks, from Latin quadri- + furca fork
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