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jauger

Meaning

to sound (measure); to gauge by sounding

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒo.ʒe/
Etymology

From Middle French jauger, from Old French jaugier, from jauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”); see also jauge. More at gauge.

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