English

Proper noun

Bogue

1. A surname​.
2. (usually with the definite article) An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.
3. A town in Kansas.
4. A town in North Carolina.

Synonyms

• (Chinese strait): Bocca Tigris

German

Etymology

A corruption of Portuguese Boca do Tigre ‎(literally “Mouth of the Tiger”), a calque of the Chinese name 虎門 ‎(Hǔmén, literally “Tiger Gate”).

Proper noun

Bogue ? ‎(genitive Bogue)

1. (usually with the definite article) An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.

Synonyms

• Bocca Tigris

English

Noun

bogue ‎(plural bogues)

1. A species of sea bream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok ‎(“creek, stream”).

Noun

bogue ‎(plural bogues)

1. Bayou, waterway.

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

bogue ‎(third-person singular simple present bogues, present participle boguing, simple past and past participle bogued)

1. (nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɡ/

Etymology 1

Of Germanic origin, compare Old Irish bolg

Noun

bogue f ‎(plural bogues)

1. the shell of chestnut

Etymology 2

From Latin bōca

Noun

bogue f ‎(plural bogues)

1. a species of ray-finned fish, Leporinus obtusidens

Etymology 3

From Italian boga

Noun

bogue f ‎(plural bogues)

1. boxfish

Etymology 4

From English bug

Noun

bogue m ‎(plural bogues)

1. (computing) bug

Anagrams

• bouge, bougé

Spanish

Verb

bogue

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bogar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bogar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bogar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bogar.