orge

See also: Örge

English

Verb

1. (intransitive) To indulge in riotous jollity.

Related terms

• orgy

References

• Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, ogre, rego

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French

Alternative forms

• horge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁʒ/

• audio (l'orge)

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Noun

orge m or f (plural orges)

1. barley

Usage notes

"Orge" is feminine with the exception of three fixed terms: "orge mondé", "orge perlé" and "orge carré".

Derived terms

• orgeat
• orgelet

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ogre

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒe

Noun

orge f

1. plural of orgia

Anagrams

• egro
• ergo