Au Four This page first published: Jun 26, 2004 · Updated: Jun 24, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2021 · This web site may contain affiliate links · This web site generates income via ads · Information on this site is copyrighted. Taking whole pages for your website is theft and will be DCMA'd. See re-use information. Au Four is a French term that means “baked in an oven.” Language Notes In Italian, “al forno.” Oven is “four” (pronounced “foor”) in French; “forno” in Italian (pronounced the way its spelt.)