vergue
French, noun/vɛʁɡ/
vergue is spelled V-E-R-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergue is a French feminine noun meaning “yard (of sailing ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espar, généralement cylindrique, attaché en travers des mâts d’un navire pour en soutenir les voiles”.
What does vergue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyard (of sailing ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espar, généralement cylindrique, attaché en travers des mâts d’un navire pour en soutenir les voiles. 2. Branche qui porte les grappes de raisin. 3. Poutre de soutien fixée horizontalement entre les mâts, au sommet d’un chapiteau de cirque.
adjective: 1. Qualifie un mât possédant une vergue. 2. Présentant régulièrement quelque chose en travers, comme un mât portant des vergues.
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 vergue
- vergues plural
- vergués plural masculine
- verguée singular feminine
- verguées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vergue?
- /vɛʁɡ/
- \vɛʁɡ\
- [vɛʁɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vergue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergue in French?
vergue appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).