blague

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See also: blagué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.

Noun

blague (countable and uncountable, plural blagues)

  1. mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “blague”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

18th century, from Dutch balg. The sense “joke” (ca. 1800) from the notion of something puffed up, hence vain, fanciful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blaɡ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡ

Noun

blague f (plural blagues)

  1. pouch, especially for tobacco
  2. joke
    Synonyms: plaisanterie f, (North America) joke f
  3. (Louisiana, Cajun) a penis
    Synonym: pénis m

Derived terms

Verb

blague

  1. inflection of blaguer:
    1. first/third-person singular
    2. second-person imperative
    3. first/third-person subjunctive

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: blaga, → blague
  • → Polish: blaga

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French blague.

Pronunciation

Noun

blague f (plural blagues)

  1. a humorous brag

Further reading

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