vague

Meaning

Noun

wave

Adj

vague

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vaɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French vague (“movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple”), from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”).
Cognate with Swedish våg (“wave”), Middle Dutch waeghe, wage (“wave”), Old High German wāge (“wave”), Old English wǣg (“wave, billow, motion, flood”). More at waw, wave.

Sentences

Indique la direction vague vers laquelle on va .

Indicates the vague direction in which we are going.

Je croyais que ce n’était qu’un vague projet .

I thought it was just a vague project.