garage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From French garage, from garer (“‘to shelter’”).

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• (Canadian) IPA: /ɡəˈɹɒʒ/, /ɡəˈɹɒdʒ/, /ɡəˈɹædʒ/, /ɡəˈɹæʒ/, SAMPA: /g@"rQZ/, /ge"rQdZ/, /g@"r{Z/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈgæˌɹɪdʒ/, SAMPA: /"g{%rIdZ/

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  Rhymes: -ærɪdʒ

• (US) IPA: /ɡəˈɹɑːʒ/, SAMPA: /g@"rA:Z/

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  Rhymes: -ɑːʒ (US)

• Hyphenation: ga‧rage

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garage (plural garages)

1. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car, tools and other miscellaneous items.
2. (chiefly British and Canadian) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
3. (chiefly British and Canadian) A petrol filling station,
4. (dated, 20th century, North American) An independent automobile repair shop.
5. (attributive) A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage.
6. (British) A type of electronic dance music.

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Historically a commercial garage would offer storage, refueling, servicing, and repair of vehicles. Since the mid-late 20th Century, storage has become uncommon at premises having the other functions. Now refueling, servicing, and repair are becoming increasingly separated from each other. Few repair garages still sell petrol; it is very uncommon for a new filling station to have a mechanic or any facilities for servicing beyond inflating tires; and a new kind of business exists to provide servicing: the oil/lube change shop.

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• (a petrol filling station): filling station, gas station (North America), petrol station (UK)

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to garage (third-person singular simple present garages, present participle garaging, simple past and past participle garaged)

1. To store in a garage.

   We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.

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[edit] French

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garer + -age

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garage m. (plural garages)

1. garage

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garage m. inv.

1. garage (domestic storage for a car; motor repair facility)

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• autorimessa (motor repair facility)

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garage n.

Inflection for garage	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	garage	garaget	garage	garagen
Genitive	garages	garagets	garages	garagens

1. garage; a building (or section of a building) used to store a car

[edit] Related terms

• garagedörr
• garageplats