sage

See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪdʒ/
• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

• Audio (US)

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Etymology 1

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”). The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

Adjective

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

1. Wise.
   • Shakespeare

     All you sage counsellors, hence!

   • Milton

     commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat

2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
   • Milton

     [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.

Synonyms

• (wise): For semantic relationships of this sense, see wise in the Thesaurus.
• (grave): For semantic relationships of this sense, see serious in the Thesaurus.

Translations

wise

• Belarusian: му́дры m (múdry)
• Catalan: savi (ca)
• Czech: moudrý (cs), rozumný (cs)
• Dutch: wijs (nl)
• Finnish: viisas (fi)
• French: sage (fr)
• Georgian: ბრძნული (brʒnuli)
• German: weise (de)
• Greek: σοφός (el) m (sofós)
• Hungarian: bölcs (hu)
• Irish: eagnaí
• Italian: saggio (it), savio (it)
• Japanese: 賢い (ja) (かしこい, kashikoi), 賢明な (けんめいな, kenmei na)

• Macedonian: му́дар (múdar)
• Neapolitan: appusàto, abbasato, sàzio
• Norwegian: klok (no), vis (no)
• Polish: mądry (pl), rozumny (pl)
• Portuguese: sábio (pt), sapiente (pt)
• Romanian: înțelept (ro)
• Russian: му́дрый (ru) (múdryj)
• Scottish Gaelic: glic
• Slovak: múdry
• Slovene: moder (sl)
• Spanish: sabio (es)
• Turkish: bilge (tr)
• Ukrainian: мудрий (mudryj)

Noun

sage (plural sages)

1. A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:

     We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage.

Synonyms

• (wise person): For semantic relationships of this sense, see sage in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

Terms derived from sage

• sage on the stage
• sagely

• sageness

• Seven Sages

Related terms

Terms related to sage

• sagacious

• sagacity

Translations

wise person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哲人 (zh) (zhérén)

• Czech: mudrc (cs) m
• Dutch: wijze (nl) m
• Finnish: tietäjä (fi)
• French: sage (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრძენი (ka) (brʒeni)
• German: Weiser (de) m, Weise (de) f
• Greek: σοφός (el) m (sofós)
• Hindi: ऋषि (hi) m (ŕṣi)
• Hungarian: bölcs (hu)
• Irish: fáidh m, saoi m
• Italian: saggio (it), savio (it)
• Japanese: 賢人 (けんじん, kenjin), 哲人 (てつじん, tetsujin)

• Macedonian: му́дрец m (múdrec)
• Neapolitan: appusàto, abbasato, sàzio
• Ngarrindjeri: mooncumbulli
• Norwegian: vismann m
• Persian: کندا‎‎ (fa) (kondâ)
• Polish: mędrzec (pl)
• Portuguese: sábio (pt) m
• Quechua: amawt'a
• Russian: мудре́ц (ru) m (mudréc)
• Slovene: modrec m
• Spanish: sabio (es) m
• Tagalog: pantas (tl)
• Turkish: bilge (tr)
• Ukrainian: мудрець (mudrecʹ)

See also

• rishi
• maharishi

Etymology 2

Sage leaves

From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.

Noun

sage (uncountable)

1. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
2. Any plant in the genus Salvia
3. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

Synonyms

• (Salvia): ramona

Derived terms

Terms derived from sage

• Sage Derby
• sage dog
• sage green

• sage grouse
• sage tea
• sage thrasher

• sagebush
• wood sage

Translations

plant

• Albanian: sherbelë (sq) f
• Arabic: مَرْيَمِيَّة‎‎ f (maryamiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: مرمية‎‎ f (meramiya)

• Armenian: եղեսպակ (hy) (ełespak)
• Azerbaijani: adaçayı
• Basque: salbia
• Catalan: sàlvia f
• Central Sierra Miwok: hukúˀme-
• Cherokee: ᏎᏥ ᏒᏟ (setsi svhli)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼠尾草 (syu² mei⁵ cou²)

  Mandarin: 鼠尾草 (zh) (shǔwěicǎo)

• Czech: šalvěj (cs) f
• Dutch: salie (nl) m
• Estonian: salvei
• Finnish: salvia (fi)
• French: sauge (fr) f
• Georgian: სალბი (salbi)
• German: Salbei (de) m
• Greek: φασκομηλιά (el) f (faskomiliá)
• Hebrew: מרווה‎‎ (marva)
• Hungarian: zsálya (hu)
• Irish: sáiste
• Italian: salvia (it) f
• Japanese: セージ (sēji)
• Macedonian: жа́лфија f (žálfija)

• Neapolitan: sàrvia
• Norman: sauge f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: salvie m

  Nynorsk: salvie m, f

• Old English: salfige f
• Persian: سلوی‎‎ (fa) (salvi), مریم گلی‎‎ (maryam-goli)
• Polish: szałwia (pl) f, szałwia lekarska
• Portuguese: sálvia (pt) f
• Quechua: ñukch'u
• Romanian: salvie (ro) f, jale (ro) f
• Russian: шалфе́й (ru) m (šalféj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàiste f
• Serbo-Croatian: žalfija (sh) f, kadulja (sh) f
• Slovak: šalvia (sk) f
• Slovene: žajbelj (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žalbija f

• Spanish: salvia f
• Swedish: kryddsalvia, salvia c
• Tagalog: salbiya
• Turkish: ada çayı (tr), dağ çayı (tr)
• Ukrainian: шавлія (šavlija)
• Zazaki: gula meryem

herb used in cooking

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼠尾草 (syu² mei⁵ cou²)

  Mandarin: 鼠尾草 (zh) (shǔwěicǎo)

• Czech: šalvěj (cs) f
• German: Salbei (de) m
• Greek: φασκόμηλο (el) n (faskómilo)

• Irish: sáiste f
• Italian: salvia (it) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žalbija f

• Swedish: salvia c
• Tagalog: salbiya

See also

• salvia

Further reading

• Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”).

Pronunciation

• Etymologically /sɑɡɛ/, but often /seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.

Interjection

sage

1. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

   sage in all fields

Verb

sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

1. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

   Reminder to sage and report.

Derived terms

• polite sage

Usage notes

• This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value.

Anagrams

• Sega, ages, geas, sega

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• san, son (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːɣə/

Verb

sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

sage f (plural sagen)

1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.

Adjective

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat)

1. frequent

Declension

Inflection of sage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	sage	sagedad
accusative	sageda	sagedad
genitive	sageda	sagedate
partitive	sagedat	sagedaid
illative	sagedasse	sagedatesse sagedaisse
inessive	sagedas	sagedates sagedais
elative	sagedast	sagedatest sagedaist
allative	sagedale	sagedatele sagedaile
adessive	sagedal	sagedatel sagedail
ablative	sagedalt	sagedatelt sagedailt
translative	sagedaks	sagedateks sagedaiks
terminative	sagedani	sagedateni
essive	sagedana	sagedatena
abessive	sagedata	sagedateta
comitative	sagedaga	sagedatega

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French

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʒ/

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• Rhymes: -aʒ

Adjective

sage (plural sages)

1. (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
3. (of a child) Good, well-behaved, not naughty

Derived terms

• sage comme une image

Noun

sage m, f (plural sages)

1. A person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. A sage (person)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ages, âges, âgés

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːɡə/

Verb

sage

1. First-person singular present of sagen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
4. Imperative singular of sagen.

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Hausa

Verb

sagḕ (grade 4)

1. to become stiff or paralyzed

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Latin

Adjective

sāge

1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

Noun

sage m

1. singular vocative of sagus

sage n

1. singular vocative of sagum

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.

Alternative forms

• sauge, sawge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

sage (plural sages)

1. A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “sāǧe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Adjective

sage

1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.

Descendants

• English: sage
• Scots: sage

References

• “sāǧe (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French sauge.

Noun

sage

1. Alternative form of sauge

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapiō, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).

Adjective

sage m, f

1. (Jersey) wise

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

1. to saw (cut something with a saw)

Related terms

• sag (noun)

References

• “sage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

Adjective

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

1. wise (having wisdom)

Descendants

• English: sage
• French: sage
• Italian: saggio

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Sathmar Swabian

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Verb

sage

1. to say

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)