fourgon
See also: Fourgon
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French fourgon.
Noun
fourgon (plural fourgons)
- (rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
- 1942 February, “Notes and News: The London-Paris Club Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
- The usual composition of the L.C.D.R. train was three saloon cars of Wagons-Lits stock, with a Wagons-Lits fourgon or van at one end, while the S.E.R. train, as shown, had two saloons and the fourgon, with a 6-wheel S.E.R. brake at the other end.
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- An ammunition wagon.
Etymology 2
four + -gon
Alternative forms
- 4-gon
Noun
fourgon (plural fourgons)
- (geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
Synonyms
- quadrilateral
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *furicōnem, from *furicāre, from Latin furō (“I steal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuʁ.ɡɔ̃/
Noun
fourgon m (plural fourgons)
- poker, fire poker
- (archaic) coach, wagon
- (archaic, military) truck
- van
- Synonym: fourgonnette
- minivan
- Synonyms: fourgonnette, mini-fourgon, mini-fourgonnette
- (rail transport) goods wagon, freight car
Derived terms
- fourgon à baggages
- fourgon à bestiaux
- fourgon cellulaire
- fourgon de queue
- fourgon de tête
- fourgon mortuaire
- fourgonnette
- fourgon postal
- mini-fourgon / minifourgon
- mini-fourgonnette / minifourgonnette
Descendants
- → Catalan: furgó
- → English: fourgon
- → Italian: furgone
- → Piedmontese: forgon
- → Portuguese: furgão
- → Romanian: furgon
- → Spanish: furgón
- → Russian: фурго́н (furgón)
- → Lithuanian: furgonas
Further reading
- “fourgon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.