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masculine

/badʒ/

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Translation

badge, pass, name tag

Word origin

Borrowed from English badge, a word of uncertain origin first recorded in the Middle Ages for a knight's emblem.

Origin: English
Root: badge
English cognates: badge

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralbadges

Examples

He left his pass at home.

obligatoires l'.

Passes are compulsory at the entrance.

She wears a badge with her name on it.

This pass opens every door.

The guard checks the passes.

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This word is part of lesson 58.