Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fourragère

/fʊɹəʒɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: four-ragere
IPA: /fʊɹəʒɛɹ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder.

Example Sentences

"When an entire division commanded by a political rather than a military general had been wiped out, he had earned for his battalion a French decoration called a Fourragère which is seldom given to other than French regiments."

Etymology

From French, feminine of fourrager (“connected with or yielding forage”), from fourrage (“forage”), from Old French forage.

Inflected Forms

fourragères (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aiguillette

Questions

How do you pronounce fourragère?: The recorded pronunciation is /fʊɹəʒɛɹ/.
What does fourragère mean?: A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder.
Where does fourragère come from?: From French, feminine of fourrager (“connected with or yielding forage”), from fourrage (“forage”), from Old French forage.

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