fougasse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French fougasse. Doublet of focaccia.
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.
- Synonym: fougade
Translations
bread
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old-fashioned type of land mine
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Further reading
- fougasse (bread) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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.
Noun
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
- (military) fougasse (land-mine)
Etymology 2
From Middle French fougasse, foucasse, borrowed from Old Occitan fogatza, fogassa, from Vulgar Latin *focācia. Doublet of the inherited fouace.
Noun
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
- (cooking) fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)
Related terms
- fouace
- feu
Descendants
- → English: fougasse
Further reading
- “fougasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- fougasse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr