jauge
See also: jaugé
French
Etymology
From Middle French jauge, from Old French jauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga, *galgō (“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
Noun
jauge f (plural jauges)
- a gauge
Verb
jauge
- first-person singular present indicative of jauger
- third-person singular present indicative of jauger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of jauger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of jauger
- second-person singular imperative of jauger
Further reading
- “jauge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *galgo, *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“gallows”).
Noun
jauge oblique singular, f (oblique plural jauges, nominative singular jauge, nominative plural jauges)
Descendants
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