carrefour

US: (kar′ə fŏŏr′, kar′ə fŏŏr′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

car•re•four  (kar′ə fŏŏr′, kar′ə fŏŏr′), n. 

1. Transport a crossroads;
   road junction.
2. a public square, plaza;
   marketplace.

• Late Latin quadrifurcum, neuter of quadrifurcus with four forks, equivalent. to quadri- quadri- + -furcus -forked, adjective, adjectival derivative of furcus, furca fork
• French; earlier quarefour, Middle French quarrefour
• 1475–85