Dictionary

bogue en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /boʊɡ/

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Translations (28)

ca bogarró (Boops boops) · fr boga (Boops boops) · fr bogue (Boops boops) · et suursilm-kuldvöötahven (Boops boops) · scn uoppa (Boops boops) · nl bokvis (Boops boops) · it boga (Boops boops) · ast boga (Boops boops) · ru полосатик (Boops boops) · da okseøjefisk (Boops boops) · el γόπα (Boops boops) · ast boa (Boops boops) · gl boga (Boops boops) · es boga (Boops boops) · la bōx (Boops boops) · vec bobba (Boops boops) · ca boga (Boops boops) · scn balaijola (Boops boops) · ru бопс (Boops boops) · kea bóga (Boops boops) · grc βῶξ (Boops boops) · ro gupă (Boops boops) · tr kupes (Boops boops) · fi boga (Boops boops) · la bōca (Boops boops) · sv oxögonfisk (Boops boops) · grc βόαξ (Boops boops) · de Gelbstriemenbrasse (Boops boops)

bogue en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /boʊɡ/

Etymology

From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.

Meanings

1. (Southern-US, especially) A bayou or waterway.

Forms

bogue en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /boʊɡ/

Etymology

Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).

Meanings

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

Forms