blague

See also: blagué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.

Noun

blague (countable and uncountable, plural blagues)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

Translations

• Polish: blaga (pl) f

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/

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• Rhymes: -aɡ

Noun

blague f (plural blagues)

1. pouch, especially for tobacco
2. joke

   Synonyms: plaisanterie f, (North America) joke f

3. (Louisiana, Cajun) a penis

   Synonym: pénis m

Derived terms

• blague à part
• blague de cul
• blaguer

Verb

blague

1. inflection of blaguer:
   1. first/third-person singular
   2. second-person imperative
   3. 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)

1. a humorous brag

Further reading

• blague in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana