rage

See also: Rage and ragé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Etymology 1

From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies.

Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).

Noun

rage (countable and uncountable, plural rages)

1. Violent uncontrolled anger.
   • 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:

     Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

2. A current fashion or fad.

   Miniskirts were all the rage back then.

   • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series:

     But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action.

   • 1864, Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, The Eclectic Review (volume 7? volume 120? page 130)

     This rage for boulevardizing has destroyed the quaint, queer, pestilential streets of old Paris, through which it was our pleasure to wander many years since.

3. (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
   • 2013, Larry M. Edwards, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, San Diego, C.A.: Wigeon Publishing, →ISBN, page 95:

     That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage."

   Synonym: rager

4. (obsolete) Any vehement passion.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XVII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     And your true rights be termed a poet's rage

   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     in great rage of pain

   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 6, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:

     convulsed with a rage of grief

   • 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

     He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.

Synonyms

• fury
• ire
• apoplexy

Derived terms

• air rage
• all the rage
• blind rage
• computer rage
• dage
• day of rage, Day of Rage
• desk rage
• fly into a rage
• paradoxical rage reaction
• pavement rage
• rageaholic
• ragebait
• rage boner
• rage clean
• rage comic
• rage farm
• rageful
• rage game
• rageless
• ragelike
• rage quit
• ragequit
• rage quitter
• rager
• rage room
• rage syndrome
• ragetweet
• ragey
• road rage
• roid rage
• 'roid rage
• trolley rage
• unrage
• work rage
• wrap rage

 

Translations

a violent anger

• Albanian: tërbim (sq) m, mllef (sq) m
• Arabic: حَنَق m (ḥanaq)

  Egyptian Arabic: غضب m (ḡaḍab)

• Armenian: կատաղություն (hy) (kataġutʻyun)
• Breton: buanegezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: ярост (bg) f (jarost), бяс (bg) m (bjas)
• Catalan: ràbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憤怒／愤怒 (zh) (fènnù), 怒火 (zh) (nùhuǒ), 怒氣／怒气 (zh) (nùqì), 暴怒 (zh) (bàonù)

• Czech: zuřivost (cs) f, běs (cs) m, běsnění n
• Danish: raseri (da) n, galskab c
• Dutch: furie (nl) f, razernij (nl), toorn (nl), woede (nl) f
• Finnish: raivo (fi), vimma (fi)
• French: rage (fr) f, furie (fr) f, fureur (fr) f, courroux (fr) m
• Galician: raiba f, furia f, ira
• Georgian: მძვინვარება (mʒvinvareba), გააფთრება (gaaptreba), გაშმაგება (gašmageba), რისხვა (risxva)
• German: Wut (de) f, Zorn (de) m, Raserei (de) f, Rage (de) f
• Greek: οργή (el) f (orgí)

  Ancient: λύσσα f (lússa)

• Italian: rabbia (it) f, furia (it) f, furore (it) m
• Japanese: 激怒 (ja) (げきど, gekido)
• Kazakh: қаһар (qahar)
• Khmer: កំហឹង (km) (kɑmhəŋ)
• Latin: rabiēs f, furia f, furor m
• Lithuanian: įniršis m, įsiūtis m, įtūžis m
• Luxembourgish: Roserei f
• Maori: nguha, ngana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raseri (no) n

  Nynorsk: raseri n

• Old English: hātheortnes f
• Ottoman Turkish: اوفكه (ufke, öfke)
• Persian: خشم (fa) (xašm)
• Plautdietsch: Wutt f
• Polish: wściekłość (pl) f, szał (pl) m, amok (pl) m
• Portuguese: raiva (pt) f, fúria (pt) f, ira (pt) f, furor (pt) m
• Romanian: mânie (ro), furie (ro)
• Russian: я́рость (ru) f (járostʹ), бе́шенство (ru) n (béšenstvo), гнев (ru) m (gnev), неи́стовство (ru) n (neístovstvo), бесчи́нство (ru) n (besčínstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: corraich f
• Serbo-Croatian: ljutost (sh), goropadnost (sh), goropad (sh), jarost (sh), bes (sh), besnost, bijes (sh) m
• Spanish: rabia (es) f, furor (es) m, ira (es) f, furia (es) f
• Swahili: hamaki (sw)
• Swedish: vrede (sv) c, raseri (sv) n, ilska (sv) c, ursinne (sv) n
• Telugu: పిచ్చికోపం (piccikōpaṁ)
• Ukrainian: розлютованість f (rozljutovanistʹ), лють f (ljutʹ), лютість f (ljutistʹ), скаженість f (skaženistʹ), шаленість f (šalenistʹ)
• Vietnamese: thịnh nộ (vi)
• Zazaki: xışm

a current fashion or fad

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潮流 (zh) (cháoliú), 時尚／时尚 (zh) (shíshàng)

• Czech: hit (cs) m, móda (cs) f, výkřik (cs) m (módy)
• Dutch: rage (nl) f
• Finnish: villitys (fi)
• Russian: раж (ru) m (raž), крик (ru) m (krik) (мо́ды)
• Spanish: furor (es) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English ragen, from Old French rager, ragier, from the noun (see above).

Displaced native Middle English weden (“to rage with anger”), from Old English wēdan (“to rage”), among other synonyms.

Verb

rage (third-person singular simple present rages, present participle raging, simple past and past participle raged)

1. (intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
   • 2019 April 25, Hannah Beech, “Sri Lankan Accused of Leading Attacks Preached Slaughter. Many Dismissed Him.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-24:

     When a Muslim politician held a 50th birthday party, he [Zaharan Hashim] raged about how Western infidel traditions were poisoning his hometown, Kattankudy.

2. (sometimes figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
   • 1674, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 152:

     Horrible diſcord, and the madding Wheeles / Of brazen Chariots rag'd; dire was the noiſe / Of conflict; over head the diſmal hiſs / Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew, / And flying vaulted either Hoſt with fire.

   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. […] Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.

   • 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 11:

     The two women murmured over the spirit-lamp, plotting the eternal conspiracy of hush and clean bottles while the wind raged and gave a sudden wrench at the cheap fastenings.

   • 2012 November 1, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey Continues to Cope With Hurricane Sandy”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

     Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.

   • 2014 June 24, Samuel Gibbs, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-24:

     Debate has raged over whether Glass and smartglasses like it have any viable real-world use cases for consumers, or are more interesting to businesses where workers need hands-free access to information.

   • 2016 January 25, Marina Koren, “The East Coast Digs Out”, in The Atlantic‎^[4], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-24:

     As the storm raged, more than 85 million people—or more than one in every four Americans—were covered by some kind of blizzard or winter-storm advisory on Friday, according to weather.com.

3. (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) To party hard; to have a good time.
   • 2012 August 2, Simon Reynolds, quoting Nathan Messer, “How rave music conquered America”, in The Guardian‎^[5], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13:

     These events are all about raging hard, getting as fucked up as you can. Not necessarily even about dancing, just being a face in this giant extravaganza.

4. (obsolete, rare) To enrage.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 2, scene 1], page 28, column 2:

     The King is come, deale mildly with his youth, / For young hot Colts, being rag'd, do rage the more.

Derived terms

• raging agreement
• raging mad
• road-raging

 

Translations

act in an angry manner

• Arabic: غَضِبَ (ḡaḍiba), اِنْدَلَعَ (indalaʕa)

  Egyptian Arabic: ثار (sār)

• Basque: amorratu
• Bulgarian: беснея (bg) (besneja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亂鬧／乱闹 (zh) (luànnào), 發怒／发怒 (zh) (fānù)

• Danish: rase
• Dutch: woeden (nl)
• Esperanto: furiozi
• Finnish: raivota (fi), riehua (fi)
• French: rager (fr)
• Georgian: გაცოფება (gacopeba), გაბრაზება (gabrazeba), გახელება (gaxeleba), ბობოქრობა (bobokroba), მძვინვარება (mʒvinvareba)
• German: wüten (de), rasen (de), toben (de)
• Greek: μαίνομαι (el) (maínomai), λυσσομανώ (el) (lyssomanó), φρενιάζω (el) (freniázo)

  Ancient: φρυάσσω (phruássō)

• Hungarian: tombol (hu)
• Indonesian: amuk (id), marah (id)
• Italian: infuriare (it)
• Japanese: 荒れ狂う (ja) (あれくるう, arekuruu), 暴れる (ja) (あばれる, abareru)
• Latin: saeviō, furō
• Malay: amuk (ms), marah
• Maori: rūtā, whakatūpehupehu
• Norwegian: rase (no)
• Old English: wēdan
• Portuguese: enfurecer-se
• Romanian: turba (ro)
• Russian: неи́стовствовать (ru) impf (neístovstvovatʹ), бу́йствовать (ru) impf (bújstvovatʹ), бушева́ть (ru) impf (buševátʹ), свире́пствовать (ru) impf (svirépstvovatʹ), беси́ться (ru) impf (besítʹsja), бесчи́нствовать (ru) impf (besčínstvovatʹ)
• Scots: fren
• Spanish: rabiar (es), encolerizarse (es)

move with great violence

• Bulgarian: вилнея (bg) (vilneja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猖獗 (zh) (chāngjué), 肆虐 (zh) (sìnüè)

• Dutch: razen (nl)
• Esperanto: furiozi
• Finnish: raivota (fi), riehua (fi)
• French: faire rage (fr), se déchaîner (fr)
• German: toben (de), tosen (de)
• Italian: imperversare (it)
• Japanese: 荒れ狂う (ja) (あれくるう, arekuruu)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: propagarse (es), causar estragos

References

• “rage, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “rage, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “rage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “rage n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “rage v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

• Ager, GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, gear

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːɣə/, [ˈʁɑːʊ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse raka, from Proto-Germanic *rakōną, cognate with Swedish raka, English rake. Related to *rekaną (“to pile”) and *rakjaną (“to stretch”).

Verb

rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)

1. to scrape
2. (dated) to shave

   Synonym: barbere

Conjugation

Inflection of rage

	present	past
simple	rager	ragede
perfect	har raget	havde raget
passive	rages	ragedes
participle	ragende	raget
imperative	rag	—
infinitive	rage	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	ragen	—

Derived terms

• ildrager
• kronrage
• rage sammen
• rage til sig
• rage ud
• ragekniv
• ragelse

 

References

• “rage,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German rāken (“to hit, reach”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakōn. Probably related to the previous verb.

Verb

rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)

1. (transitive, usually negated) to concern, to be of (someone's) business
2. (transitive) to not concern, to not be any of (someone's) business
   • 1967, Christian Kampmann, Sammen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Men det rager mig, hvad folk siger .

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2007, Jonas T. Bengtsson, Submarino, Art People, →ISBN:

     “Det rager mig, hvad hun har lyst til.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Inflection of rage

	present	past
simple	rager	ragede
perfect	har raget	havde raget
passive	rages	ragedes
participle	ragende	raget
imperative	rag	—
infinitive	rage	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	ragen	—

References

• “rage,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From German ragen (“to jut, stick out”), from Proto-Germanic *hragōną, cognate with Old English oferhragan.

Verb

rage (past tense ragede, past participle raget)

1. to jut, stick out, stand out

Conjugation

Inflection of rage

	present	past
simple	rager	ragede
perfect	har raget	havde raget
passive	rages	ragedes
participle	ragende	raget
imperative	rag	—
infinitive	rage	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	ragen	—

Derived terms

• rage frem
• rage op
• rage ud

 

References

• “rage,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rage, from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraː.ʒə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ra‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

rage f or m (plural rages)

1. craze, fad, fashion

Synonyms

• hype, modegril

Derived terms

• Pokémonrage

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɡe/, [ˈrɑ̝ɡe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡe
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧ge

Adjective

rage (comparative ragempi, superlative ragein)

1. (colloquial) irritable, prone to anger

Declension

Inflection of rage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		rage	raget
genitive		ragen	ragejen
partitive		ragea	rageja
illative		rageen	rageihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rage	raget
accusative	nom.	rage	raget
	gen.	ragen
genitive		ragen	ragejen ragein rare
partitive		ragea	rageja
inessive		ragessa	rageissa
elative		ragesta	rageista
illative		rageen	rageihin
adessive		ragella	rageilla
ablative		ragelta	rageilta
allative		ragelle	rageille
essive		ragena	rageina
translative		rageksi	rageiksi
abessive		ragetta	rageitta
instructive		—	ragein
comitative		—	rageine

Possessive forms of rage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rageni rageni accusative nom. rageni rageni gen. rageni genitive rageni ragejeni rageini rare partitive rageani ragejani inessive ragessani rageissani elative ragestani rageistani illative rageeni rageihini adessive ragellani rageillani ablative rageltani rageiltani allative ragelleni rageilleni essive ragenani rageinani translative ragekseni rageikseni abessive ragettani rageittani instructive — — comitative — rageineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ragesi ragesi accusative nom. ragesi ragesi gen. ragesi genitive ragesi ragejesi rageisi rare partitive rageasi ragejasi inessive ragessasi rageissasi elative ragestasi rageistasi illative rageesi rageihisi adessive ragellasi rageillasi ablative rageltasi rageiltasi allative ragellesi rageillesi essive ragenasi rageinasi translative rageksesi rageiksesi abessive ragettasi rageittasi instructive — — comitative — rageinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ragemme ragemme accusative nom. ragemme ragemme gen. ragemme genitive ragemme ragejemme rageimme rare partitive rageamme ragejamme inessive ragessamme rageissamme elative ragestamme rageistamme illative rageemme rageihimme adessive ragellamme rageillamme ablative rageltamme rageiltamme allative ragellemme rageillemme essive ragenamme rageinamme translative rageksemme rageiksemme abessive ragettamme rageittamme instructive — — comitative — rageinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ragenne ragenne accusative nom. ragenne ragenne gen. ragenne genitive ragenne ragejenne rageinne rare partitive rageanne ragejanne inessive ragessanne rageissanne elative ragestanne rageistanne illative rageenne rageihinne adessive ragellanne rageillanne ablative rageltanne rageiltanne allative ragellenne rageillenne essive ragenanne rageinanne translative rageksenne rageiksenne abessive ragettanne rageittanne instructive — — comitative — rageinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ragensa ragensa accusative nom. ragensa ragensa gen. ragensa genitive ragensa ragejensa rageinsa rare partitive rageaan rageansa ragejaan ragejansa inessive ragessaan ragessansa rageissaan rageissansa elative ragestaan ragestansa rageistaan rageistansa illative rageensa rageihinsa adessive ragellaan ragellansa rageillaan rageillansa ablative rageltaan rageltansa rageiltaan rageiltansa allative ragelleen ragellensa rageilleen rageillensa essive ragenaan ragenansa rageinaan rageinansa translative ragekseen rageksensa rageikseen rageiksensa abessive ragettaan ragettansa rageittaan rageittansa instructive — — comitative — rageineen rageinensa

Noun

rage

1. (colloquial) anger, rage

Declension

Inflection of rage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		rage	raget
genitive		ragen	ragejen
partitive		ragea	rageja
illative		rageen	rageihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rage	raget
accusative	nom.	rage	raget
	gen.	ragen
genitive		ragen	ragejen ragein rare
partitive		ragea	rageja
inessive		ragessa	rageissa
elative		ragesta	rageista
illative		rageen	rageihin
adessive		ragella	rageilla
ablative		ragelta	rageilta
allative		ragelle	rageille
essive		ragena	rageina
translative		rageksi	rageiksi
abessive		ragetta	rageitta
instructive		—	ragein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rageni rageni accusative nom. rageni rageni gen. rageni genitive rageni ragejeni rageini rare partitive rageani ragejani inessive ragessani rageissani elative ragestani rageistani illative rageeni rageihini adessive ragellani rageillani ablative rageltani rageiltani allative ragelleni rageilleni essive ragenani rageinani translative ragekseni rageikseni abessive ragettani rageittani instructive — — comitative — rageineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ragesi ragesi accusative nom. ragesi ragesi gen. ragesi genitive ragesi ragejesi rageisi rare partitive rageasi ragejasi inessive ragessasi rageissasi elative ragestasi rageistasi illative rageesi rageihisi adessive ragellasi rageillasi ablative rageltasi rageiltasi allative ragellesi rageillesi essive ragenasi rageinasi translative rageksesi rageiksesi abessive ragettasi rageittasi instructive — — comitative — rageinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ragemme ragemme accusative nom. ragemme ragemme gen. ragemme genitive ragemme ragejemme rageimme rare partitive rageamme ragejamme inessive ragessamme rageissamme elative ragestamme rageistamme illative rageemme rageihimme adessive ragellamme rageillamme ablative rageltamme rageiltamme allative ragellemme rageillemme essive ragenamme rageinamme translative rageksemme rageiksemme abessive ragettamme rageittamme instructive — — comitative — rageinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ragenne ragenne accusative nom. ragenne ragenne gen. ragenne genitive ragenne ragejenne rageinne rare partitive rageanne ragejanne inessive ragessanne rageissanne elative ragestanne rageistanne illative rageenne rageihinne adessive ragellanne rageillanne ablative rageltanne rageiltanne allative ragellenne rageillenne essive ragenanne rageinanne translative rageksenne rageiksenne abessive ragettanne rageittanne instructive — — comitative — rageinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ragensa ragensa accusative nom. ragensa ragensa gen. ragensa genitive ragensa ragejensa rageinsa rare partitive rageaan rageansa ragejaan ragejansa inessive ragessaan ragessansa rageissaan rageissansa elative ragestaan ragestansa rageistaan rageistansa illative rageensa rageihinsa adessive ragellaan ragellansa rageillaan rageillansa ablative rageltaan rageltansa rageiltaan rageiltansa allative ragelleen ragellensa rageilleen rageillensa essive ragenaan ragenansa rageinaan rageinansa translative ragekseen rageksensa rageikseen rageiksensa abessive ragettaan ragettansa rageittaan rageittansa instructive — — comitative — rageineen rageinensa

Derived terms

• rageta

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rādica.

Noun

rage f (plural rages) (ORB, broad)

1. root

   Synonym: racena

References

• rage in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*radĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 16

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rage, from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

rage f (plural rages)

1. rage (fury, anger)
   • 1813, Les Attraits de la Morale, Ou la Vertu Parée de Tous Ses Charmes, et l'Art de rendre Heureux ceux qui nous entourent, page 179:

     “ […] , disoit St. Chrysostôme, […] Un homme en colère se punit le premier, en s’élevant et combattant contre lui-même, et s’enflammant de rage.”

     " […] , Saint Chrysostom says, […] An angered man punishes himself in the first place, rising and fighting against himself, and catching fire from rage."

2. rabies (disease)
   • 1935, Revista da produção animal, Instituto de Biologia Animal, page 47:

     Les chauves-souris Desmodus Rotundus infectéés naturellement transmettent la rage aux animaux.

     The naturally infected bats Desmodus rotundus transmit rabies to animals.

Derived terms

• enrager
• fou de rage
• faire rage
• rage de dents
• rage au volant
• vert de rage

Descendants

• → German: Rage

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gare, garé, géra

German

Verb

rage

1. inflection of ragen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle French

Alternative forms

• raige (uncommon)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rage, raige, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.

Noun

rage f (plural rages)

1. rage; ire; fury
2. rabies (disease)

Descendants

• French: rage
  • → German: Rage

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rage, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”).

Noun

rage f (plural rages)

1. (Jersey) rabies

Old French

Alternative forms

• raige (uncommon)

Etymology

From Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈradʒə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈraʒə/

Noun

rage oblique singular, f (oblique plural rages, nominative singular rage, nominative plural rages)

1. rage; ire; fury

Descendants

• Bourguignon: raige, reige
• Franc-Comtois: raidge
• Middle French: rage, raige (uncommon)
  • French: rage
    • → German: Rage
• Gallo: raij
• Lorrain: rèdje, rêge
• Norman: rage
• Picard: råjhe
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: rajhe
• Walloon: raedje
• → Middle English: rage
  • English: rage
  • Scots: rage
• → Sicilian: raggia

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin ragĕre. Compare French raire, réer; cf. also French railler, Italian ragliare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈra.d͡ʒe]

• Audio:

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Verb

a rage (third-person singular present rage, past participle not used) 3rd conj.

1. (of animals) to roar, howl, bellow

Conjugation

    conjugation of rage (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a rage
gerund			răgând
past participle			ras
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	rag	ragi	rage	ragem	rageți	rag
	imperfect	răgeam	răgeai	răgea	răgeam	răgeați	răgeau
	simple perfect	răsei	răseși	rase	raserăm	raserăți	raseră
	pluperfect	răsesem	răseseși	răsese	răseserăm	răseserăți	răseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să rag	să ragi	să ragă	să ragem	să rageți	să ragă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		rage			rageți
	negative		nu rage			nu rageți

Derived terms

• răget

See also

• urla, mugi, țipa, zbiera