dogue
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɔɡ/
dogue is spelled D-O-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dogue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mastiff (breed of dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “termo genérico pelo qual certas raças de cães são referidas”.
What does dogue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemastiff (breed of dog)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculineany kind of dog
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculinea small type of hot dog
- 4
Brazilcolloquialmasculineany hot dog
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. termo genérico pelo qual certas raças de cães são referidas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dogue
- dogues plural
- dog alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dogue?
- Brazil /ˈdɔɡ/
- Brazil /ˈdɔ.ɡi/
- Portugal /ˈdɔ.ɡɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dogue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dogue in Portuguese?
dogue appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).