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jauge.

gauge

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒoʒ/

  1. gauge

    feminine

  2. capacity

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French jauge, from Old French jauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā, *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”).

verb/ʒoʒ/

  1. inflection of jauger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of jauger: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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