fourchette

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UK/fɔːˈʃɛt/

noun

A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).

OriginFrench fourchette →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounfourchette (plural fourchettes)

plural fourchettes

  1. anatomyA fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
  2. A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
  3. medicineAn instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
  4. The wishbone or furculum of birds
  5. The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
  6. card gamesThe combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.

Origin

  1. Frenchfourche
  2. Frenchfourchette
  3. Englishfourchette

Borrowed from French fourchette.

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Cite this entry
APA

fourchette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourchette

MLA

“fourchette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourchette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourchette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourchette.

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