Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pirogue

/pəˈɹəʊɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: pirogue
IPA: /pəˈɹəʊɡ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.

noun

A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.

noun

A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.

Example Sentences

"There are even more elaborately prepared Cajun specialties, such as Bayou Bouillabaisse and pirogue of pasta and seafood."
"The eggplant pirogue, a regional specialty, is especially good here."
"Diners love the pirogue bread with crawfish tails, the barbecue shrimp with fiery tasso and the banana bread pudding."
"She had ordered eggplant pirogue — a hollowed out eggplant, breaded, fried, and stuffed with shrimp, crawfish, and crab."

Etymology

From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Kari'na piraua. Doublet of periagua.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: pirogue, piragua, piraua

Inflected Forms

pirogues (plural)

Synonyms

periagua dugout canoe dugout

Rhymes With

rogue vogue doge minogue pogue brogue drogue prorogue yogh cogue disembogue tvorog

Questions

How do you pronounce pirogue?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹəʊɡ/.
What does pirogue mean?: A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
Where does pirogue come from?: It is traced to French.

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