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) (countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back. (by extension) (uncountable) The sport of racing on luges. (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) To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge. (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) (countable) luge (sled) (the sport of luge) (uncountable) luge (sport) (the sport of luge); ellipsis of luge de course (countable) sledge, sled (course sur luge, hockey sur luge) ==== Synonyms ==== (sport): luge de course ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: luge === Verb === luge inflection of luger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “luge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Verb === luge inflection of lugen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Latin == === Verb === lūgē second-person singular present active imperative of lūgeō == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈluɡə/ === Verb === luge (alternative form in Upper German) alternative form of lüge == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɡe/, [ˈlu.ɣe] === Verb === luge inflection of lēogan: second-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English luge, from Swiss French. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luːʒ/ === Noun === luge m (plural luges) (uncountable) luge (sport) (countable) luge (sled used in the sport) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English luge, from Swiss French. === Noun === luge m (uncountable) luge (sport) === Further reading === “luge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025