chargé

See also: charge, Charge, and Chargé

English

Noun

chargé (plural chargés)

1. Short for chargé d'affaires.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Participle

chargé (feminine chargée, masculine plural chargés, feminine plural chargées)

1. past participle of charger

Adjective

chargé (feminine chargée, masculine plural chargés, feminine plural chargées)

1. busy

Noun

chargé m (plural chargés, feminine chargée)

1. boss; chief (normally only used in expressions)

Derived terms

• chargé d’affaires
• chargé de clientèle
• chargé de communication
• chargé de cours

Further reading

• “chargé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gâcher

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French charger (“to load”), compare Haitian Creole chaj.

Verb

chargé

1. to load

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales