églogue

\e.ɡlɔɡ\

/\e.ɡlɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“églogue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit poème pastoral et bucolique qui met souvent en scène des bergers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eglogue · églogue · French

églogue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "É" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for églogue
PropertyValue
Headwordéglogue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ɡlɔɡ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « églogue » en français

égloguen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

églogue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡlɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit poème pastoral et bucolique qui met souvent en scène des bergers.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for églogue, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is églogue, spelled É-G-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit poème pastoral et bucolique qui met souvent en scène des bergers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how églogue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. – Nous avons vu de vous des églogues d’un style Qui passent en doux attraits Théocrite et Virgile.
  2. Écoutez Virgile hausser l’églogue à la hauteur du printemps ; Catulle mêler l’avril aux tentations plus fortes que les ambitions ; Longus adorer Chloé nue ; Dante épancher son inquiétude philosophique et lyrique sur le mystère de la femme ; Pétrarque soupirer ses aveux dans un exil que sa détresse enchante ; et, se rapprochant toujours plus de nous, Ronsa…

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This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "églogue"?
"églogue" is spelled É-G-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡlɔɡ\.
What does "églogue" mean?
As a noun, "églogue" means: Petit poème pastoral et bucolique qui met souvent en scène des bergers.
How do you pronounce "églogue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "églogue" is \e.ɡlɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "églogue" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list