jauge

See also: jaugé

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒoʒ/

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

jauge f (plural jauges)

  1. gauge
  2. capacity
    Synonym: capacité
    • 2021 April 26, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Covid-19 : Emmanuel Macron évoque un décalage du couvre-feu au-delà de 19 heures”, in Le Monde.fr‎:
      A un enseignant qui lui demandait « rouvrir les châteaux » aux visites, le président a précisé que l’objectif était de rouvrir les lieux culturels « avec des jauges limitées et un accès privilégié pour les scolaires à partir de la mi-mai ».
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Derived terms
  • jauge brute
  • jauge nette
  • jaugette
  • mettre en jauge
  • tonneau de jauge

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jauge

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *galgo, *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“rod”).

Noun

jauge f (oblique plural jauges, nominative singular jauge, nominative plural jauges)

  1. gauging rod (rod used to measure the depth of a liquid)

Descendants

  • → Middle English: gauge, gage
  • Middle French: jauge
  • → Galician: galgar
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