How to pronounce pirogue
American English pronunciation
PEE-rohg
- IPA
- /ˈpiˌɹoʊɡ/
- Syllables
- PEE · rohg (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What pirogue means
A long, narrow boat carved from one hollowed-out tree trunk
In a sentence: We paddled a pirogue through the quiet swamp, watching for turtles.
Where it comes from: It came through French and Spanish from a word in a Caribbean language for a dugout boat.
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