églogue
\e.ɡlɔɡ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | églogue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ɡlɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « églogue » en français
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
- 1Petit poème pastoral et bucolique qui met souvent en scène des bergers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how églogue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Nous avons vu de vous des églogues d’un style Qui passent en doux attraits Théocrite et Virgile.
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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