loge

See also: Loge, logé, löge, and -loge

English

Loges in an opera house.

Etymology

From French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) from Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Akin to Old High German loub (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of lobby, loggia, and lodge. 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.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol II, ch. 43:

     Pickle gladly embraced this opportunity of becoming acquainted with a person of such rank, and ordering his own chariot to follow, accompanied the count to his loge, where he conversed with him during the whole entertainment.

   • 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

• Bulgarian: ложа f (loža)
• 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 *laubijā (“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”). 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
• → Norwegian Bokmål: losje
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: losje
• → Portuguese: loja
• → Swedish: loge

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish *laubijā.

Noun

loge f (plural loges)

1. hut (small often wooden building)

Verb

loge

1. inflection of loger, logier:
   1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

• French: loge
  • → Dutch: loge
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: losje
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: losje
  • → Portuguese: loja
  • → Swedish: loge

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lue (noun and verb, more common)

Etymology

• (noun): From Old Norse logi.
• (verb): From Old Norse loga.

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)

1. flame

Verb

loge (present tense loger, past tense loga or loget, past participle loga or loget)

1. burn forcefully
2. shine, light

References

• “loge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Shares a far back origin with lys (“light”). Thus it ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, shine”).

• (noun): From Old Norse logi
• (verb): From Old Norse loga

Pronunciation

• Homophone: låge

Alternative forms

• loga (verb) (a and split infinitives)

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen, indefinite plural logar, definite plural logane)

1. a flame
2. a torch

Verb

loge (present tense logar, past tense loga, past participle loga, passive infinitive logast, present participle logande, imperative log)

1. to burn with a flame, blaze
2. (figuratively, by extension) to liven (up), inspire

Synonyms

• (flame): eld, flamme
• (torch): fakkel
• (to burn brightly): blusse, flamme, skine
• (inspire): inspirere

See also

• i lys loge
• lue (Bokmål, noun and verb)

Etymology 2

Related to lag and liggje.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: låge

Noun

loge f (definite singular loga, indefinite plural loger, definite plural logene)

1. (weaving) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (in compounds) something that lies down

Derived terms

• iloge
• nedloge
• åloge

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

loge m (definite singular logen)

1. Nonstandard spelling of losje.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• loget (non-standard since 1901)
• logi (non-standard since 2012)

Participle

loge

1. neuter of logen

Verb

loge

1. supine of ljuga and ljuge
2. supine of lyga and lyge

References

• “loge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lego

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Slovene

Noun

loge

1. accusative plural of log

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From French loge.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːɧ/

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /²luːɡɛ/

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 the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

loge

1. subjunctive of le.

Anagrams

• geol., lego

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Volapük

Noun

loge

1. dative singular of log