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blague

French, noun

blague is spelled B-L-A-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written French, the 1,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blague is a French feminine noun meaning “pouch, especially for tobacco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular of blaguer. With an accent, blagué is a different word: “past participle of blaguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit sachet taillé dans une grosse toile, une vessie, une poche de pélican ou une peau dans lequel les…”.

What does blague mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepouch, especially for tobacco

  2. 2

    femininejoke

  3. 3

    femininea penis

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular

  2. 2

    second-person imperative

  3. 3

    first/third-person subjunctive

verb

as blagué
  1. 1

    past participle of blaguer

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petit sachet taillé dans une grosse toile, une vessie, une poche de pélican ou une peau dans lequel les fumeurs mettent le tabac dont ils font usage. 2. Poche située sous le bec du pélican lui permettant d’attraper ses proies. 3. Plaisanterie ou histoire imaginée pour amuser ou se moquer de quelqu’un. 4. Farce faite à quelqu’un.

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 blague

  • blagues plural
  • blaque alternative obsolete
  • blaguée feminine
  • blagués masculine plural
  • blaguées feminine plural

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

English words that translate to blague

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

How common is blague in French?

blague appears 44 times per 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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