orge
English edit
Verb edit
orge (third-person singular simple present orges, present participle orging, simple past and past participle orged)
- (intransitive) To indulge in riotous jollity.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).
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Estonian edit
Noun edit
orge
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orge m or f (plural orges)
Usage notes edit
"Orge" is feminine with the exception of three fixed terms: "orge mondé", "orge perlé" and "orge carré".
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “orge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orge f
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
First used by Norwegian POWs during WW2.
Verb edit
orge (present tense orgar, past tense orga, past participle orga, passive infinitive orgast, present participle organde, imperative orge/org)
- (colloquial) Clipping of organisere (“organize”).
- (colloquial, transitive) to steal
- (colloquial, transitive) to fix
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse organ (“an organ”). Doublet of organ.
Noun edit
orge f (definite singular orga, indefinite plural orger, definite plural orgene)
References edit
- “orge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.