vergée
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Norman vergée, from Anglo-Norman vergé, vergee, originally terre vergee (“measured land”). Doublet of virgate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vergée (plural vergées)
- (Channel Islands) A measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34:
- Her father had given her a cottage in the Robergerie with a vergée of land and a greenhouse.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vergée f (plural vergées)
- rood (quarter of an acre)
Participle[edit]
vergée f sg
Further reading[edit]
- “vergée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Noun[edit]
vergée f (plural vergées)
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