dague
French, noun/daɡ/
dague is spelled D-A-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dague is a French feminine noun meaning “dagger (of the Middle Ages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de long poignard”.
What does dague mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedagger (of the Middle Ages)
- 2
femininetusk (of wild boar), spike (of deer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de long poignard. 2. Petite corne pointue que le cerf porte à sa seconde année, où il est encore sans andouillers et sans chevillures. 3. Défenses du sanglier. 4. Lame de fer garnie d’un manche qui sert, dans la reliure, à ratisser les peaux de veau.
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 dague
- dagues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dague?
- /daɡ/
- \daɡ\
- [d̪aɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dague
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dague in French?
dague 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).