asperge

asperge

See also: aspergé and aspèrge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈspɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Etymology 1

Latin aspergō (compare aspersion from the same verb).

Verb

asperge (third-person singular simple present asperges, present participle asperging, simple past and past participle asperged)

1. (transitive) To sprinkle.
   • 1877, John David Chambers, Divine worship in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contrasted and adapted to that of the nineteenth:

     First let him go up to the principal Altar and asperge it on every side.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

asperge (plural asperges)

1. An aspergillum.

Anagrams

• preages, presage, sperage

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• aspergie (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French asperge, from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑsˈpɛr.ʒə/

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• Hyphenation: as‧per‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɛrʒə

Noun

asperge f (plural asperges, diminutive aspergetje n)

1. asparagus (plant, vegetable)

Derived terms

• aspergesteker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aspersie
• → Papiamentu: asperge

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French

Etymology

From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.pɛʁʒ/

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Noun

asperge f (plural asperges)

1. asparagus (plant, vegetable)
2. (informal) a tall, thin person; a beanpole
   • 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 25

     — Tiens, disait-il à Charles, entre le rôti et la salade, ne me parle pas de tes asperges d'aujourd'hui, ça n'a ni cul, ni corsage. Quand j'étais jeune homme, ah! oui, il y avait du plaisir. Tu pouvais mettre les mains, tu tenais quelque chose.

   Synonym: échalas

Further reading

• “asperge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• présage

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈspɛr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
• Hyphenation: a‧spèr‧ge

Verb

asperge

1. third-person singular present indicative of aspergere

Anagrams

• esparge

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Latin

Verb

asperge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of aspergō