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jauge

jauge

See also: jaugé

French

Noun

jauge f ‎(plural jauges)

  1. a gauge

Verb

jauge

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

Anagrams

Old French

Noun

jauge f ‎(oblique plural jauges, nominative singular jauge, nominative plural jauges)

  1. gauging rod (rod used to measure the depth of a liquid)

Etymology

From Middle French jauge, from Old French jauge ‎(“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga ‎(“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô ‎(“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- ‎(“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga ‎(“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi ‎(“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja ‎(“pole, perch”). More at gauge, gallows.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒoʒ/

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