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See also: Auge, augé, and auge-

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).

Pronunciation

Noun

auge m (plural auges)

  1. apogee
  2. peak, zenith

French

Etymology

From Latin alveus; according to the TLFi etymological dictionary, it was a (very early) borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʒ/
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Noun

auge f (plural auges)

  1. trough (long, narrow container for feeding animals)
  2. (masonry) mixing tub, mortar box (pan or tub for mixing mortar)
  3. bucket (of a water wheel)
  4. (anatomy) intermandibular region (of a horse or other mammal)

Verb

auge

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

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Compare Catalan and Spanish auge.

Pronunciation

Noun

auge f (plural augi)

  1. (astronomy) apogee
    Synonym: apogeo
  2. (figurative) height, apex
    essere all’auge della gioventù ― to be in the prime of youth
    essere in auge ― to be in vogue

Further reading

  • auge in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

augē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of augeō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

auge n (definite singular auget, indefinite plural auge, definite plural auga)

  1. Alternative form of auga

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

auge m (plural auges)

  1. height, peak

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Spelling with g influenced by Latin augēre (“to wax, to increase”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈauxe/
  • Rhymes: -auxe
  • Syllabification: au‧ge

Noun

auge m (plural auges)

  1. boom, rise, growth
    en auge ― on the rise; booming
    • 2020 January 18, Jaime Santirso, “El lado oscuro de TikTok, el rey chino de los vídeos relámpago”, in El País‎:
      El auge de la plataforma, además, subraya la pujanza tecnológica del gigante asiático.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (also figurative) peak, zenith, heyday
    Synonym: cenit

Derived terms

Further reading

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