blague

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly. === Noun === blague (countable and uncountable, plural blagues) Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it. === Verb === blague (third-person singular simple present blagues, present participle blaguing, simple past and past participle blagued) To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit. ==== Related terms ==== blag ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Beluga, abulge, beluga == French == === Alternative forms === blaque (obsolete) === Etymology === 18th century, from Dutch balg. The sense “joke” (ca. 1800) from the notion of something puffed up, hence vain, fanciful. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blaɡ/ Rhymes: -aɡ === Noun === blague f (plural blagues) pouch, especially for tobacco joke Synonyms: plaisanterie f, (North America) joke f (Louisiana, Cajun) a penis Synonym: pénis m ==== Derived terms ==== blague à part blague de cul blaguer === Verb === blague inflection of blaguer: first/third-person singular second-person imperative first/third-person subjunctive ==== Derived terms ==== blaguer la bonne blague sans blague ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: blaga, → blague → Polish: blaga === Further reading === “blague”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === béluga beugla == Italian == === Alternative forms === blaga (uncommon) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French blague. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblaɡ/ Rhymes: -aɡ === Noun === blague f (plural blagues) a humorous brag === Further reading === blague in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana