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perogue

perogue is the alternative form of pirogue.

Meaning of pirogue

Noun

pirogue (plural pirogues)

  1. A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
    Synonyms:
    periagua
  2. A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.
  3. (Cajun cooking) A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.
    • There are even more elaborately prepared Cajun specialties, such as Bayou Bouillabaisse and pirogue of pasta and seafood.1996, Rick Perlmutter, Gayle Perlmutter, Walt Disney World for Lovers, page 240

Forms of perogue

pluralperogues

Questions about perogue

What is perogue the alternative form of?
Perogue is the alternative form of pirogue.

Words near perogue in the dictionary

  1. perogi
  2. perogie
  3. perogies
  4. perogis
  5. perogs
  6. perogue
  7. perogues
  8. perogun
  9. perogy
  10. perokito
  11. perokitoes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perogue (page history and authors); pirogue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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