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portegue

portegue is the obsolete form of portague.

Meaning of portague

Noun

portague (plural portagues)

  1. (obsolete) An old Portuguese gold coin from the 16th century; the português
    • ten thousand portagues, besides great pearlsc. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published...

Forms of portegue

pluralportegues

Questions about portegue

What is portegue the obsolete form of?
Portegue is the obsolete form of portague.

Words near portegue in the dictionary

  1. Portees
  2. portefeuille
  3. portefeuilles
  4. portego
  5. portegos
  6. portegue
  7. portegues
  8. Portela
  9. Portelas
  10. Portell
  11. Portelli

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portegue (page history and authors); portague (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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