luge

Etymology

Borrowed from French luge, from Franco-Provençal, from Late Latin sclodia, from Gaulish stludio, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“slippery”).

Akin to English sled and English sleigh, Irish slaod (“raft, float”), Old Breton stloit (“traction, sliding”) (modern Breton stlej (“sleigh”)), and Welsh llithr (“slide, slippage”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /luːʒ/
• Rhymes: -uːʒ

Noun

luge (plural luges)

1. A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
2. The sport of racing on luges.

Verb

luge (third-person singular simple present luges, present participle luging or lugeing, simple past and past participle luged)

1. To travel by luge
   • 2009 July 5, Jennifer Schuessler, “Inside the List”, in New York Times‎:

     After the girlfriend luged to her death halfway down the icy slope, Ollestad had to pick his way down alone, following the trail of her blood.

Anagrams

• Guel, UGLE, glue, gule

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal, from Late Latin sclodia, from Gaulish stludio, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyʒ/

Noun

luge f (countable and uncountable, plural luges)

1. (countable) luge (sled) (the sport of luge)
2. (uncountable) luge (sport) (the sport of luge); Ellipsis of luge de course
3. (countable) sledge, sled (course sur luge, hockey sur luge)

Verb

luge

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

Further reading

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

Verb

lūgē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūgeō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːʒ/

Noun

luge m (plural luges)

1. (uncountable) luge (sport)
2. (countable) luge (sled used in the sport)

Noun

luge m (uncountable)

1. luge (sport)