orge
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Verb
orge (third-person singular simple present orges, present participle orging, simple past and past participle orged)
- (intransitive) To indulge in riotous jollity.
Related terms
References
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).
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Alternative forms
- (Rémois) orde
- (Langrois) eurge
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
orge m (plural orges)
- (Troyen) barley
References
Noun
orge
Alternative forms
- horge (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
orge m or f (plural orges)
Usage notes
"Orge" is feminine with the exception of three fixed terms: "orge mondé", "orge perlé" and "orge carré".
Derived terms
Further reading
- “orge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Pronunciation
Noun
orge f
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Etymology 1
First used by Norwegian POWs during WW2.
Verb
orge (present tense orgar, past tense orga, past participle orga, passive infinitive orgast, present participle organde, imperative orge/org)
- (colloquial) Clipping of organisere (“organize”).
- (colloquial, transitive) to steal
- (colloquial, transitive) to fix
Etymology 2
From Old Norse organ (“an organ”). Doublet of organ.
Noun
orge f (definite singular orga, indefinite plural orger, definite plural orgene)
References
- “orge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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