gouge
French, noun
gouge is spelled G-O-U-G-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gouge is a French feminine noun meaning “gouge (groove)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gouger. With an accent, gougé is a different word: “past participle of gouger”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Outil de fer, fait en forme de demi-canal, avec un manche de bois, à l’usage de différentes professions…”.
What does gouge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegouge (groove)
- 2
femininegouge (tool)
- 3
feminineobsoletefemale servant
- 4
archaicfeminineprostitute
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of gouger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Outil de fer, fait en forme de demi-canal, avec un manche de bois, à l’usage de différentes professions: sculpteurs, tourneurs, plombiers, menuisiers, charpentiers, jardiniers […]. 2. Tranchet courbe pour creuser les talons des souliers. 3. Outil pour couper l’excédant des tuiles molles dont on construit le four du glacier. 4. Ciseau à tranchant demi-circulaire employé pour l’ablation des exostoses.
noun: 1. Jeune fille, ou servante, par extension toute femme. 2. Femme, prostituée, fille à soldats.
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 gouge
- gouges plural
- gougée feminine
- gougés masculine plural
- gougées feminine plural
- gouje
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gouge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gouge in French?
gouge appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).