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4-letter words (3 found)

GLUE,GULE,LUGE,

3-letter words (7 found)

GEL,GUE,GUL,LEG,LEU,LUG,ULE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,GU,UG,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from luge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of luge

luge

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Swiss French or Franco-Provençal luge, from Medieval Latin scludia, from Late Latin sclodia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *stludio, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (to slide, slip; to be slick or slippery). If so, it is related to sled and sleigh.

Sense 2.2 (“drinking utensil”) is from its resemblance to the tracks on which luges race.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /luː(d)ʒ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /luʒ/
  • Rhymes: -uːdʒ, -uːʒ

Noun

luge (countable and uncountable, plural luges) (also attributively)

  1. (countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
  2. (by extension)
    1. (uncountable) The sport of racing on luges.
    2. (countable) A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

luge (third-person singular simple present luges, present participle luging or lugeing, simple past and past participle luged) (intransitive)

  1. To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
  2. (figuratively) To slide or slip down a slope.

Derived terms

  • lugeing, luging (noun)
  • luger

Translations

References

Further reading

  • luge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Guel, UGLE, glue, gule

French

Etymology

From Swiss French/Franco-Provençal, from Medieval Latin sludia, from Late Latin sclodia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *stludio, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (slippery).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyʒ/

Noun

luge f (countable and uncountable, plural luges)

  1. (countable) luge (sled) (the sport of luge)
  2. (uncountable) luge (sport) (the sport of luge); ellipsis of luge de course
  3. (countable) sledge, sled (course sur luge, hockey sur luge)

Synonyms

  • (sport): luge de course

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: luge

Verb

luge

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

Further reading

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

German

Verb

luge

  1. inflection of lugen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latin

Verb

lūgē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūgeō

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡe/, [ˈlu.ɣe]

Verb

luge

  1. inflection of lēogan:
    1. second-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English luge, from Swiss French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luːʒ/

Noun

luge m (plural luges)

  1. (uncountable) luge (sport)
  2. (countable) luge (sled used in the sport)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English luge, from Swiss French.

Noun

luge m (uncountable)

  1. luge (sport)

Further reading

  • “luge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Source: wiktionary.org