How do you use Pirogue in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dugout or canoe, plus the exact meaning.
Pirogue meaning
- A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
- A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.
- A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.
Using Pirogue
- The main meaning on this page is: A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log. | A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft. | A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood.
- Useful related words include: dugout canoe, dugout, canoe.
- In the example corpus, pirogue often appears in combinations such as: the pirogue, pirogue and.
Context around Pirogue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pirogue
- In this selection, "pirogue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, long, cajun, sank, overturned and resulting stand out and add context to how "pirogue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the pirogue and bateaux and canoe or pirogue resulting from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pirogue" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pirogue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The little pirogue sank’. (4 words)
The Cajun "pirogue" is an example of a craft with hard chines. (12 words)
He had helped to search for bodies from the pirogue that hit the rocks. (14 words)
One popular theory (proposed by David Boilat in 1853) is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means "our canoe" (or pirogue ), resulting from a miscommunication between 15th-century Portuguese sailors and Wolof fishermen. (37 words)
A popular one, first proposed by Fr. David Boilat (1853), was that "Senegal" comes from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, meaning "our canoe" (more precisely, "our pirogue "). (27 words)
Towing it wouldn’t work, so the Spanish boat began reeling in the pirogue and pulling survivors onto the Zillarri. (20 words)
Example sentences (9)
He had helped to search for bodies from the pirogue that hit the rocks.
Towing it wouldn’t work, so the Spanish boat began reeling in the pirogue and pulling survivors onto the Zillarri.
The Coast Guard vessel used a loud hailer to signal the pirogue to stop.
The little pirogue sank’.
The ten metre long pirogue overturned and sank near Patos Island, near the Dragon’s Mouth on April 23.
A popular one, first proposed by Fr. David Boilat (1853), was that "Senegal" comes from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, meaning "our canoe" (more precisely, "our pirogue ").
Handcrafted vessels were a common mode of travel across the river, and the pirogue and bateaux were also used.
One popular theory (proposed by David Boilat in 1853) is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means "our canoe" (or pirogue ), resulting from a miscommunication between 15th-century Portuguese sailors and Wolof fishermen.
The Cajun "pirogue" is an example of a craft with hard chines.
Common combinations with pirogue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: