jauge

Etymology

From Middle French jauge, from Old French jauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga, *galgō (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). More at gauge, gallows.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒoʒ/

Noun

jauge f (plural jauges)

1. a gauge

Verb

jauge

1. first-person singular present indicative of jauger
2. third-person singular present indicative of jauger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of jauger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of jauger
5. second-person singular imperative of jauger

Further reading

• “jauge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• jugea

Alternative forms

• gauge

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *galgo, *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“gallows”).

Noun

jauge f (oblique plural jauges, nominative singular jauge, nominative plural jauges)

1. gauging rod (rod used to measure the depth of a liquid)