plage

noun \ˈpläzh\

Definition of PLAGE

: the beach of a seaside resort

: a bright region on the sun caused by the light emitted by clouds of calcium or hydrogen and often associated with a sunspot

French, beach, luminous surface, from Italian piaggia beach, from Late Latin plagia, from Greek plagios oblique

First Known Use: 1888

Next Word in the Dictionary: plagi-Previous Word in the Dictionary: plagal modeAll Words Near: plage

What made you want to look up plage? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Put-downs with flair

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.

Test your vocab with our fun, fast game

Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears