jauge
See also: jaugé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒoʒ/
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
jauge f (plural jauges)
- gauge
- capacity
- Synonym: capacité
- 2021 April 26, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Covid-19 : Emmanuel Macron évoque un décalage du couvre-feu au-delà de 19 heures”, in Le Monde.fr:
- A un enseignant qui lui demandait « rouvrir les châteaux » aux visites, le président a précisé que l’objectif était de rouvrir les lieux culturels « avec des jauges limitées et un accès privilégié pour les scolaires à partir de la mi-mai ».
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Derived terms
- jauge brute
- jauge nette
- jaugette
- mettre en jauge
- tonneau de jauge
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
jauge
- inflection of jauger:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “jauge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *galgo, *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“gallows”).
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