Etymology

Ligue 1

Today it means: The highest division of professional football in France. Full definition →

French ligue
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromligue“league”
  2. English todayLigue 1

From French ligue (“league”) + 1.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.