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verge.

rod

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɛʁʒ/
  1. rod

    feminine
  2. penis (male sexual organ)

    feminine
  3. yard (three feet)

    Canada · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominated", from Old French verge, virge, from Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”), of uncertain origin, but probably from a Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Doublet of vergue.

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