bogue

See also: Bogue and bogué

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bogue (plural bogues)

  1. A species of sea bream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”).

Noun

bogue (plural bogues)

  1. Bayou, waterway.
Translations
bayou — see bayou

Etymology 3

Verb

bogue (third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle boguing, simple past and past participle bogued)

  1. (nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 bogue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔɡ/

Etymology 1

Originally from a western dialect, possibly from Breton bolc'h ‘chestnut bur, flaxseed husk’.

Noun

bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. chestnut burr

Etymology 2

From Latin bōca

Noun

bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. a species of ray-finned fish, Leporinus obtusidens

Etymology 3

From Italian boga

Noun

bogue f (plural bogues)

  1. boxfish

Etymology 4

From English bug

Alternative forms

Noun

bogue m (plural bogues)

  1. (computing) bug

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Spanish

Verb

bogue

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bogar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bogar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bogar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bogar.
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