pirogue

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Galibi Carib piraua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈɹəʊɡ/, /pɪˈɹəʊɡ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡ

Noun

pirogue (plural pirogues)

  1. A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
  2. A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. Specifically, a flat-bottom boat made out of a four-foot by eight-foot piece of plywood, the bottom being a two-foot eight-inch wide eight-foot long pointed-end lengthwise-centered oval cut from the piece, and the boat's sides being the two remaining pieces attached lengthwise to the outside edges of the oval.
  3. A style of pasta shaped as a miniature canoe folded over.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish piragua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.ʁɔɡ/

Noun

pirogue f (plural pirogues)

  1. pirogue made by hollowing a log.
    Les pirogues étaient à balancier; chacune avait de trois à cinq hommes; les moyennes pouvaient avoir vingt-quatre pieds de longueur, un pied seulement de largeur, et à peu près autant de profondeur. (Voyage. La Pérouse, 1797)
  2. any canoe
    Les baleiniers, armant leurs pirogues de pêche,
    Sont moins prompts à lancer leur barque au flot mouvant (...)
    Qu'un pédant n'est rapide à défaire un esprit.
    (Victor Hugo, Âne, 1880)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • piroguer
  • piroguier

Descendants

References

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

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