blague
See also: blagué
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.
Noun
blague (countable and uncountable, plural blagues)
- mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
Related terms
- blag
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Translations
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Anagrams
- Beluga, abulge, beluga
French
Alternative forms
- blaque (obsolete)
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)
- pouch, especially for tobacco
- joke
- Synonyms: plaisanterie f, (North America) joke f
- (Louisiana, Cajun) a penis
- Synonym: pénis m
Derived terms
- blague à part
- blague de cul
- blaguer
Verb
blague
- inflection of blaguer:
- first/third-person singular
- second-person imperative
- first/third-person subjunctive
Derived terms
- blaguer
- la bonne blague
- sans blague
Descendants
- → Italian: blaga, → blague
- → Polish: blaga
Further reading
- “blague”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- béluga
- beugla
Italian
Alternative forms
- blaga (uncommon)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French blague.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblaɡ/
- Rhymes: -aɡ
Noun
blague f (plural blagues)
- a humorous brag
Further reading
- blague in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana