digue

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See also: digué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French digue. Doublet of dike.

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Noun

digue (plural digues)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of dike
    • 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs, page 408:
      In November this Year, happen'd a Storm at North-Weſt [] ; and ſeveral Breaches in the great Digues near Enchuyſen, and others between Amſterdam and Harlem, made way for ſuch Inundations as had not been ſeen before by any Man then alive, and filled the Country with many Relations of moſt deplorable Events.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc (compare modern Dutch dijk), from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (pool), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (to stick, stab, pierce, dig). More at dig, dike, ditch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɡ/
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Noun

digue f (plural digues)

  1. seawall, dyke, breakwater

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