fougasse
English
Noun
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.
Synonyms
- (land mine): fougade
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.ɡas/
Etymology 1
From earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.
Etymology 2
From Middle French fougasse, foucasse, borrowed from Old Occitan fogatza, fogassa, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focacia, from the feminine of the adjective focacius, from Latin focus. Compare Catalan fogassa, Occitan fogaça, fogassa, Italian focaccia, Spanish hogaza. Doublet of the inherited fouace.
Further reading
- “fougasse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
fougasse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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