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vergée

UK/ˈvəːʒeɪ/

vergée noun: a measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.

Noun

vergée (plural vergées)

  1. (Channel Islands) A measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.
    • Her father had given her a cottage in the Robergerie with a vergée of land and a greenhouse.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34

Forms of vergée

pluralvergées

Origin of vergée

From Norman vergée, from Anglo-Norman vergé, vergee, originally terre vergee (“measured land”). Doublet of virgate.

Questions about vergée

What does vergée mean?
Vergée means a measure of land, having varying values in Guernsey and Jersey, but approximately 18,000 square feet.
What part of speech is vergée?
Vergée is a noun.
How do you pronounce vergée?
Vergée is pronounced /ˈvəːʒeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of vergée?
The plural of vergée is vergées.

Words near vergée in the dictionary

  1. vergings
  2. verglas
  3. vergobret
  4. vergobrets
  5. Verguleasa
  6. vergée
  7. vergées
  8. Verhaegen
  9. Verhage
  10. Verhagen
  11. Verhagens

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