different between drogue vs progue

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably related to drag in some way.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

drogue (plural drogues)

1. (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.

2. (nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
3. (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute.
4. (aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
5. A wind cone.

Synonyms

• (conical parachute): drag parachute, drag chute, drogue chute, drogue parachute

Translations

See also

• drag parachute

Anagrams

• drouge, gourde, rogued, rouged

French

Etymology

First attested in Middle French circa 1462, probably from Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???/

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

1. drug

Derived terms

• drogue douce
• drogue dure
• se droguer
• droguiste

Descendants

• ? Danish: droge
• ? German: Droge
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: droge
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: droge

Further reading

• “drogue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

1. drug

Descendants

• French: drogue
  • ? Danish: droge
  • ? German: Droge
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: droge
  • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: droge
• ? Middle English: drogge
  • English: drug
  • ? Irish: druga

Norman

Etymology

Either via French (or Middle French) drogue, or borrowed directly from Middle Dutch droge.

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

1. (Jersey) drug

Derived terms

• drodgi (“to drug”)
• drogu'thie (“drugging”)

Spanish

Verb

drogue

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of drogar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of drogar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of drogar.

English

Noun

progue (plural progues)

1. (Scotland, US, dialect) A sharp point; a goad.

Verb

progue (third-person singular simple present progues, present participle proguing, simple past and past participle progued)

1. (Scotland, US, dialect, transitive) To prick; to goad.

Anagrams

• e-group, groupe