Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogue

/boʊɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: bogue
IPA: /boʊɡ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

noun

A bayou or waterway.

verb

To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

name

name

An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.

name

A town in Kansas.

name

A town in North Carolina.

Etymology

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, bok, Boca do Tigre

Inflected Forms

bogues (plural) bogues (present, singular) boguing (participle, present) bogued (participle, past) bogued (past)

Synonyms

Bocca Tigris

Rhymes With

rogue vogue hogue pogue logue hoag drogue poag

Questions

How do you pronounce bogue?: The recorded pronunciation is /boʊɡ/.
What does bogue mean?: A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
Where does bogue come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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