digue

See also: digué

English

Etymology

French. See dike.

Noun

digue (plural digues)

1. (obsolete) A bank; a dike.
   • 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs

     the great digue near Enchuysen

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “digue” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Guide, guide, iudge

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French

Etymology

From Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc (compare modern Dutch dijk), from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, stab, pierce, dig”). More at dig, dike, ditch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡ/

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Noun

digue f (plural digues)

1. seawall, dyke, breakwater

Derived terms

• endiguer

Further reading

• “digue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• guide, guidé