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pige

French, noun

pige is spelled P-I-G-E (4 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pige is a French feminine noun meaning “measure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of piger. With an accent, pigé is a different word: “capisce?”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Longueur arbitraire, prise comme référence, petite branche transformée en instrument de mesure que le…”.

What does pige mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemeasure

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineyear (of age)

    du haut de ses trente piges

  3. 3

    colloquialfeminineyear (period of time in general)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

interjection

as pigé
  1. 1

    capisce?

verb

as pigé
  1. 1

    past participle of piger

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Longueur arbitraire, prise comme référence, petite branche transformée en instrument de mesure que le jardinier utilise pour planter de façon régulière. 2. Longueur conventionnelle employée comme étalon, mesure. 3. Nombre, longueur, importance des articles fournis. 4. Rétribution d’une tâche donnée.

interjection: 1. "C'est compris ?", "C'est clair ?"

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 pige

  • piges plural
  • pigée feminine
  • pigés masculine plural
  • pigées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to pige

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pige in French?

pige appears 3.1 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).

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