bague

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bague (“ring”). Doublet of bee. === Noun === bague (plural bagues) (architecture) An annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts. === References === “bague”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bague, possibly a borrowing from Middle Dutch bage, bagge (“ring”), of obscure origin, but likely from Old Frisian bāg, bāch (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, circlet”). Compare Middle Low German bâge, bôge (“curve, arch, ring”), Old French wage (“ring”). Compare also Old French bage, Medieval Latin baga (“ring”) (also from the Proto-Germanic). Another theory proposes a derivation from Latin baca (“berry”), plausible semantically, and comparable to Catalan baga (“ring”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baɡ/ (Meridional French) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡə/ === Noun === bague f (plural bagues) ring (architecture) bague ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: bag → Sango: bâge === Further reading === “bague”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bauge == Norman == === Etymology === Of Germanic origin; see the French entry above. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bague f (plural bagues) (Jersey) ring (jewelry) (Jersey) hawthorn berry, haw (fruit)