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fourneau.

stove (cooker)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fuʁ.no/
  1. stove (cooker)

    masculine
  2. stove (heater)

    masculine
  3. chamber (of a tobacco pipe)

    masculine
  4. beggar, hobo

    archaic · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French fourneau, from Old French fornel, a diminutive of Old French forn (“oven”) (Modern French four) with suffix -eau, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *furnellus, from Latin furnus. Compare Italian fornello, Occitan fornèl, Catalan fornell, Spanish hornillo, Walloon fornea, etc.

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