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auge

French, noun

auge is spelled A-U-G-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auge is a French feminine noun meaning “trough (long, narrow container for feeding animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of auger. With an accent, augé is a different word: “past participle of auger”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre ou pièce de bois ou de métal, creusée, qui sert à donner à boire et à manger aux animaux domestiques”.

What does auge mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetrough (long, narrow container for feeding animals)

  2. 2

    femininemixing tub, mortar box (pan or tub for mixing mortar)

  3. 3

    femininebucket (of a water wheel)

  4. 4

    feminineintermandibular region (of a horse or other mammal)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as augé
  1. 1

    past participle of auger

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pierre ou pièce de bois ou de métal, creusée, qui sert à donner à boire et à manger aux animaux domestiques. 2. Vaisseau de bois ou de plastique, dans lequel les maçons délaient leur plâtre ou leur ciment. 3. Aube creuse d'une roue hydraulique. 4. Partie creuse sous la mandibule inférieure des mammifères.

noun: 1. Apsides, hauteur d’un astre.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of auge

  • auges plural
  • augée feminine
  • augés masculine plural
  • augées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to auge

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is auge in French?

auge appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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