plage
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- noun
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playa
- We spent the day relaxing on the plage under the warm sun.
- La plage
- Plage de
- Phyto plage
I'm so out of La der Miss, La der Mission de Zama and La Plage de Stand.
- I'm so out of La der Miss, La der Mission de Zama and La Plage de Stand.
Examples
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See you on the plage!
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I'll be on the plage at 3:00 this afternoon... on the crazy golf course.
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Bar de la Plage, Juan-les-Pins, France
Blog text (14) -
On a weekend night, La Plage is as crowded as most Parisian bars.
Blog text (1) -
In the café, DE LA PLAGE, we celebrated our success.
Fiction book (2001) -
Plage de Pimanson, France
Blog text (7) -
For sheer scale, gloriously unspoilt wilderness, and nude bathing, however, Plage de Pimanson ranks among the finest.
Blog text (7) -
Children were playing and building sandcastles on the beautiful plage near our hotel.
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Every morning, I took a stroll along the plage to watch the waves.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area of sand with small stones beside a sea or lake
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1.1
An area near the sea where people go for holidays
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2.7
A very beautiful beach with white sand and clear blue water
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plage is the French word for 'beach' and comes from an old Latin word plaga meaning 'a stretch' or 'area'. So, when you see plage, think of a long stretch of sand by the sea, which is why it means beach today.