digue
French, noun/diɡ/
digue is spelled D-I-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Digue is a French feminine noun meaning “seawall, dyke, breakwater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et…”.
What does digue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseawall, dyke, breakwater
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer. 2. Portions de terrains qui jouent le rôle de digues. 3. Obstacle qu’on oppose à ce qu’on juge excessif, nuisible, dangereux. 4. Femme, prostituée.
adjective: 1. Garni de digues.
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 digue
- digues plural
- digués plural masculine
- diguée singular feminine
- diguées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce digue?
- /diɡ/
- \diɡ\
- [diɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to digue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is digue in French?
digue appears 2.5 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).