different between fascine vs saucisse

English

Etymology

From the French fascine, from the Latin fasc?na (“bundle of sticks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??si?n/

Noun

fascine (plural fascines)

1. (fortification) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.:

     Halberts differ very little from the bill, being like them constructed both for pushing and cutting: a halbert consists of three parts, the spear, or sometimes a kind of sword blade for pushing, an ax, or hatchet for striking and cutting, and a flook or hook for pulling down fascines, in the attack of trenches, or temporary fortifications.

Translations

Derived terms

• fascine knife

See also

• fascine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fancies, fiances, fiancés

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.sin/

Verb

fascine

1. first-person singular present indicative of fasciner
2. third-person singular present indicative of fasciner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fasciner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fasciner
5. second-person singular imperative of fasciner

Anagrams

• fiances, fiancés

Italian

Noun

fascine f

1. plural of fascina

Anagrams

• sfenica

Portuguese

Verb

fascine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fascinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fascinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fascinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fascinar

Spanish

Verb

fascine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fascinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fascinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fascinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fascinar.

English

Etymology

French, from saucisse (“sausage”). Doublet of sausage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???si?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /so??sis/

Noun

saucisse (plural saucisses)

1. (mining, firearms) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
2. (fortification) A fascine of more than ordinary length.

Synonyms

• bacon (archaic)
• saucisson
• sausage

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sals?cia, from sals?cius, from salsus (“salty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.sis/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /so.s?s/

Noun

saucisse f (plural saucisses)

1. sausage (hot dog style)

Derived terms

Related terms

• saucisson

Further reading

• “saucisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).