potage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French potage, and from earlier borrowing pottage.

Noun

potage (countable and uncountable, plural potages)

1. A thick creamy soup.

See also

• pottage

Anagrams

• top age, top-age, topage

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, pot +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.taʒ/

• potage:

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Noun

potage m (plural potages)

1. soup (dish)

Synonyms

• soupe

Derived terms

• potager
• pour tout potage
• y avoir une couille dans le potage

Further reading

• “potage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• pottage, potache, potege (all rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French potage; equivalent to pot +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈtaːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

potage (plural potages)

1. pottage (a stew or casserole)
2. A pudding or slurry; any dish made of thick, runny liquid.
3. Greens or vegetables; plant matter as used in food.
4. (rare) A cataplasm; a pad on a wound to relieve.
5. (rare) A beverage; a liquid concoction.

Descendants

• English: pottage; porridge
• Scots: pottage; parritch

References

• “potāǧe (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

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Old French

Etymology

pot +‎ -age.

Noun

potage oblique singular, m (oblique plural potages, nominative singular potages, nominative plural potage)

1. soup; broth (etc.) cooked in a pot

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (potage)
• Etymology and history of “potage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.