carrefour
Where paths intersect
A carrefour is a crossroads or intersection where multiple roads meet.
The word is French and appears occasionally in English literary or formal contexts to describe a place where paths converge: The village square was the carrefour of the region's trade routes.
By extension, it can mean any point of convergence or meeting place of ideas or influences. (Capitalized Carrefour is the retail company.)
Point where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- meeting pointDesignated gathering location
- hubCentral connection point
nexus · interchange · confluence · crossing · fork · square · plaza · piazza
Decisive moment of change
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- inflection pointWhere curvature changes sign
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
intersection
Point where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- meeting pointDesignated gathering location
hub · nexus · interchange · confluence · crossing · fork · square · plaza · piazza · node
turning point
Decisive moment of change
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- inflection pointWhere curvature changes sign
- thresholdPoint of beginning
carrefourdead end
Passage without outlet
cul-de-sac · impasse · blind alley · no through road · terminus
carrefourimpasse
Situation without resolution
dead end · no exit · brick wall · trap · one-way street
four, quadrant, quadrangle, quarter, quarterly, quartet, quaternary, quart, quarantine