-age
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old French, from Latin -aticum. Cognates include Spanish -aje
[edit] Suffix
-age
- Forming nouns with the sense of ‘collection’ or appurtenance.
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Suffix
-age
Creates nouns from verbs (lekken – lekkage) and from other nouns (tuig – tuigage). It denotes
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin ending -aticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /aʒ/
[edit] Suffix
-age
- Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
- Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
- (rare) Forming collective nouns.
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[edit] Usage notes
- Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, lcoations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Suffix
-age
- Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
- Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
- (rare) Forming collective nouns.
