-logue
French, suffix
-logue is spelled L-O-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -logue is a French feminine suffix meaning “-logist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, logue is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. On this page, logué is a different word: “past participle of loguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Savant(e), spécialiste d’une science”.
What does -logue mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininemasculine-logist
arachno- + -logue → arachnologue (“arachnologist”)
suffix
- 1
-logous
hétéro- + -logue → hétérologue (“heterologous”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of loguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Savant(e), spécialiste d’une science. 2. Qui a rapport avec un type de discours. #* Recherchez ce qui dans la scène appartient au dialogue, au monologue, à l’aparté. 3. Type de relation (valeur nominale), ou qui est en rapport avec un type de relation (valeur adjectivale). #* Il a subi une greffe de moelle autologue. #* La présidente a reçu son homologue brésilienne.
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 -logue
- loguée feminine
- logués masculine plural
- loguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is -logue in French?
-logue appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).