-age
English
Etymology
From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪdʒ/, /ədʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
- IPA(key): /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)
Suffix
-age
- Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
- forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
- forming nouns of a state or relationship
- forming nouns indicating a place
- forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
- forming nouns indicating a rate
- percent + -age → percentage
- mile + -age → mileage
Derived terms
Translations
collection or appurtenance
process, action or result
state or relationship
place
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charge, toll or fee
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rate
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-age
- Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.
Pronunciation
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.
Usage notes
- Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), 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.
Descendants
See also
Japanese
Romanization
-age
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.
Suffix
-age
- forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
- forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: -age
Occitan
Suffix
-age
- (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Suffix
-age
- forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
- forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'
Derived terms
Descendants
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