barège

See also: barege

English

Alternative forms

• barege

Etymology

Etymology tree

French barègebor.

English barège

Borrowed from French barège.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæɹˈeəʒ/

Noun

barège (countable and uncountable, plural barèges)

1. A type of gauzy fabric used for making dresses, originally made in Barèges.

Anagrams

• Breage, bargee

French

Etymology

From the town of Barèges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁɛʒ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: Barèges

Noun

barège m (uncountable)

1. (textiles) barège
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères; republished as Eleanor Marx, transl., 1886:

     Elle disposa ses cheveux d'après les recommandations du coiffeur, et elle entra dans sa robe de barège, étalée sur le lit.

     She did her hair according to the directions of the hairdresser, and put on the barege dress spread out upon the bed.

Further reading

• “barège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• abrège, abrégé