homage

English

Etymology

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homo (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -aticum (“pertaining to”). The pronunciation in /-ɑːʒ/ is influenced by French hommage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɒmɪdʒ/, /ɒˈmɑːʒ/
• (General American) enPR: (h)ŏmʹĭj, ō-mäjʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɑmɪdʒ/, /oʊˈmɑʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmɪdʒ, -ɑːʒ
• Hyphenation: hom‧age

Noun

homage (countable and uncountable, plural homages)

1. (countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
   • 1735, [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London; Dublin: Re-printed by George Faulkner, bookseller, […], OCLC 6363280:

     I sought no homage from the race that write.

   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women:

     When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.

   • 2006, New York Times

     It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.

2. (countable) An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /oʊˈmɒːʒ/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
   • 2002, Kevin Williamson, Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)

     He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.

3. (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:

     We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee,
     Love thee as our commander and our king.

Usage notes

• Often used in the construction pay homage to.
• Because of the different pronunciations, homage is sometimes preceded by the article a and sometimes by an.

Synonyms

• manred

Derived terms

• homager

Translations

in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to his or her lord

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: lenshyldning c
• Dutch: hommage (nl), leenhulde, manschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: omaĝo
• Finnish: uskollisuudenvala
• French: hommage (fr) m
• German: Huldigung (de) f
• Greek: δήλωση υποτέλειας f (dílosi ypotéleias)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: omaggio (it) m
• Middle English: homage
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lenshyldning (no) m

• Old English: manrǽden f
• Polish: hołd (pl) m
• Portuguese: homenagem (pt) f
• Romanian: omagiu (ro) n
• Russian: дань (ru) f (danʹ), пови́нность (ru) f (povínnostʹ)

demonstration of respect

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: մեծարանք (hy) (mecarankʿ)
• Asturian: homenaxe (ast) m
• Bulgarian: почит (bg) f (počit)
• Catalan: homenatge (ca)
• Danish: hyldest c, tribut c
• Dutch: eerbetoon (nl) n, hommage (nl) f, hulde (nl) f, huldeblijk (nl) n
• Esperanto: omaĝo
• Finnish: kunnianosoitus
• French: hommage (fr) m
• Galician: homenaxe f
• German: Hommage (de) f
• Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hódolat (hu)
• Italian: omaggio (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyllest m

• Occitan: omenatge (oc)
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: hołd (pl) m
• Portuguese: homenagem (pt) f
• Romanian: omagiu (ro) n
• Russian: дань (ru) f (danʹ), почте́ние (ru) n (počténije)
• Spanish: homenaje (es) m

artistic work imitating another in a flattering style

• Danish: hyldest c
• Dutch: hommage (nl)
• Finnish: kunnianosoitus
• German: Hommage (de) f
• Greek: φόρος τιμής m (fóros timís)
• Italian: omaggio (it) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyllest m

• Portuguese: homenagem (pt) f
• Romanian: omagiu (ro) f
• Russian: подражание (ru) n (podražanije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הומאז'‎ m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} homenaje (es) m

Verb

homage (third-person singular simple present homages, present participle homaging, simple past and past participle homaged)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to pay homage.

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Translations

to pay reverence to somebody

• Bulgarian: почитам (bg) (počitam)
• Maori: whakamiramira

Further reading

• homage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• homage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Homage (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ohmage

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hommage, omage, umage

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔmˈaːdʒ(ə)/, /umˈaːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

homage (plural homages)

1. An oath of loyalty to a liege performed by their vassal; a pledge of allegiance.
2. Money given to a liege by a vassal or the privilege of collecting such money.
3. A demonstration of respect or honor towards an individual (including prayer).
4. (rare) Membership in an organised religion or belief system.
5. (rare) The totality of a feudal lord's subjects when collected.

Related terms

• homager

Descendants

• English: homage
• Scots: homage

References

• “homāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• hommage, honmage, humage

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hominaticum; equivalent to home +‎ -age.

Noun

homage m (oblique plural homages, nominative singular homages, nominative plural homage)

1. oath; pledge

Descendants

• Middle English: homage, hommage, omage, umage
  • English: homage
  • Scots: homage
• French: hommage

See also

• loiauté
• vasselage