loge

See also: Loge, logé, löge, and -loge

English

Loges in an opera house.

Etymology

From French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) from Frankish *laubija (“shelter”). Akin to Old High German loub (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). More at lobby, loggia, leaf, lodge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləʊʒ/
• Rhymes: -əʊʒ

Noun

loge (plural loges)

1. A booth or stall.
2. The lodge of a concierge.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 70:

     About three in the morning, Nora knocked at the little glass door of the concierge's loge, asking if the doctor was in.

3. An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine.
   • 2006, George Gmelch and J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People‎^[1], →ISBN, page 151:

     In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.

4. An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.
   • 2002, Downing A. Thomas, Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785‎^[2], →ISBN, page 274:

     Patte notes that the spectators who were seated there were too close to the action to frame it as real, and that the loges in the avant-scène hampered the effect of the voice.

Translations

booth — see booth

stall — see stall

upscale seating region in theatres or similar

• Czech: lože f
• French: loge (fr) f
• German: Loge (de) f

• Russian: ло́жа (ru) f (lóža)
• Swedish: loge (sv) c

Anagrams

• Goel, LEGO, Lego, Ogle, goel, lego, ogle

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French loge. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ʒə/, /ˈlɔː.ʒə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: lo‧ge

Noun

loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)

1. (theater) theatre box, compartment. [from 18th c.]
2. (freemasonry) Masonic lodge. [from 18th c.]
3. reception area, lobby (of a hotel for instance). [from late 19th or 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (Masonic lodge): tempel, werkplaats
• (reception area): receptie

Hyponyms

• (theater box): engelenbak, skybox

Derived terms

• ereloge

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ɣə/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ge

Verb

loge

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of liegen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ɣə/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ge

Verb

loge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of logen

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French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubija (“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”), related to Old High German louppea, from Proto-Germanic *laubijǭ, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf; folliage”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to break, cut off, peel off, flake off, shed”). The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔʒ/

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

1. (freemasonry) lodge
2. (theater) box
3. (obsolete) hut

Related terms

• logement

Descendants

• → Dutch: loge
• → Portuguese: loja

Verb

loge

1. first-person singular present indicative of loger
2. third-person singular present indicative of loger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of loger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of loger
5. second-person singular imperative of loger

Further reading

• “loge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubja.

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

1. hut (small often wooden building)

Verb

loge

1. first-person singular present indicative of loger, logier
2. third-person singular present indicative of loger, logier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of loger, logier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of loger, logier
5. second-person singular imperative of loger, logier

Descendants

• French: loge
  • → Dutch: loge
  • → Portuguese: loja

References

• loge on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

loge

1. neuter past participle of ljuga and ljuge
2. neuter past participle of lyga and lyge

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːɧ/

Noun

loge c

1. A backstage dressing room for actors at a theatre.
2. A private seating chamber at a theatre.
3. A section or local chapter of an order (for instance freemasons).

Declension

Declension of loge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	loge	logen	loger	logerna
Genitive	loges	logens	logers	logernas

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːˌɡɛ/

Noun

loge c

1. A barn with a strong and flat wooden floor, suitable for threshing or dancing.

Declension

Declension of loge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	loge	logen	logar	logarna
Genitive	loges	logens	logars	logarnas

Etymology 3

See le (“smile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːˌɡɛ/

Verb

loge

1. subjunctive of le.

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Volapük

Noun

loge

1. dative singular of log