fourneau

== English == === Etymology === From French fourneau. === Noun === fourneau (plural fourneaus or fourneaux) (mining, archaic) The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed. === References === “fourneau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fuʁ.no/ === Noun === fourneau m (plural fourneaux) stove (cooker) stove (heater) chamber (of a tobacco pipe) (slang, archaic) beggar, hobo ==== Derived terms ==== haut fourneau ==== Related terms ==== fournaise === Further reading === “fourneau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French fornel. === Noun === fourneau m (plural fourneaulx) furnace ==== Descendants ==== French: fourneau