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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.

Noun

blague (countable and uncountable, plural blagues)

1. mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug

Related terms

• blag

Anagrams

• Beluga, abulge, beluga

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch balg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

blague f (plural blagues)

1. pouch
2. joke
3. (Louisiana, Cajun French) a penis

Synonyms

• (joke): plaisanterie f, (Louisiana, Quebec) joke f
• (penis): pénis m

Derived terms

• blague à part
• blague de cul

Verb

blague

1. first-person singular of blaguer
2. third-person singular of blaguer
3. second-person imperative of blaguer
4. first-person subjunctive of blaguer
5. third-person subjunctive of blaguer

Derived terms

• blaguer
• la bonne blague
• sans blague

Descendants

• ? Polish: blaga

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• béluga
• beugla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bague (“ring”). Doublet of bee.

Noun

bague (plural bagues)

1. (architecture) The annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

French

Etymology

From Middle French bague, possibly a borrowing from Middle Dutch bage, bagge (“ring”), of obscure origin. Compare Middle Low German bâge, bôge (“curve, arch,ring”), Old French wage (“ring”). Compare also Old French bage, Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, collar, bracelet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/

Noun

bague f (plural bagues)

1. ring

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bauge

Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origins, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

bague f (plural bagues)

1. (Jersey) ring (jewelry)
2. (Jersey) haw (fruit)