dague

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Meaning

  1. dagger (of the Middle Ages)
  2. tusk (of wild boar), spike (of deer)

Concepts

dagger

dirk

poniard

hour hand

short sword

sticker

obelisk

whinger

naval dirk

Daga

knife

Frequency

C2
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daɡ/
Etymology

From Old French (13th century), from either Old Occitan or Italian daga. The Catholicum Armoricum glosses Breton dac as French dague, Latin pugio, adding ou c'est badelaire (Du Cange).

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