drague

See also: dragué

French

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Etymology 1

From Middle English dragge, from Old Norse draga (“that which is dragged, dragged load”), from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ (“sledge, sled”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to haul, pull”). Cognate with English dray.

Noun

drague f (plural dragues)

1. a dredge (a dredging machine)
2. (fishing) a dragnet

Etymology 2

Deverbal from draguer, ultimately from Etymology 1 above.

Noun

drague f (plural dragues)

1. (colloquial) pickup, seduction

Usage notes

Mainly used in the singular, with a definite article (la drague).

"A pickup" (an attempt at picking someone up) is usually translated as "une tentative de drague", not "une drague".

Etymology 3

Verb

drague

1. inflection of draguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “drague”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

drague f (plural dragues)

1. (Jersey, nautical) dredge net

Portuguese

Verb

drague

1. inflection of dragar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

drague

1. inflection of dragar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative