carrefour
pronunciation
How to pronounce carrefour in British English:
UK ['kærɪfʊə]
How to pronounce carrefour in American English:
US ['kærəˌfʊr]
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- Noun:
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
Word Origin
- carrefour (n.)
- late 15c., "place where four ways meet," from Old French carrefor (13c., quarrefour), from Latin quadrifurcus "four-forked," from quatuor "four" (see four) + furca "fork" (see fork (n.)). "Formerly quite naturalized, but now treated only as French" [OED]. Englished variant carfax is from Middle English carfourkes.
Example
- 1. Carrefour and bocog declined to comment in beijing yesterday .
- 2. Carrefour has been producing own-label lines since 2004 .
- 3. Carrefour 's use of consumer research has also persuaded her to offer shoppers more than just low prices .
- 4. European demography hurts carrefour too .
- 5. Carrefour now operates 184 stores in china .