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fougasse

/fu.ɡas/

noun, feminine/fu.ɡas/plural: fougasses

fougasse (land-mine)

From earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.

noun, feminine/fu.ɡas/plural: fougasses

fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)

Inherited from Middle French fougasse, foucasse, borrowed from Old Occitan fogatza, fogassa, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of the inherited fouace.

fougasse — French Dictionary | Passage