sage

See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪdʒ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

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.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     All you sage counsellors, hence!

   • 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […] , London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , OCLC 946735472:

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

2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
   • 1646 (indicated as 1645)​, John Milton, “Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], OCLC 606951673:

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

Synonyms

• (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
• (grave): See Thesaurus:serious

Translations

wise

• Arabic: حَكِيم‎ (ar) (ḥakīm), فَطِن‎ (faṭin), فَطُن‎ (faṭun), عَاقِل‎ (ar) (ʿāqil)
• Belarusian: му́дры (múdry), разу́мны (razúmny)
• Bulgarian: мъ́дър (bg) (mǎ́dǎr), у́мен (bg) (úmen)
• Catalan: savi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明智 (zh) (míngzhì), 英明 (zh) (yīngmíng), 高明 (zh) (gāomíng), 聰明 (zh), 聪明 (zh) (cōngming)

• Czech: moudrý (cs), rozumný (cs)
• Danish: vis (da), klog (da)
• Dutch: wijs (nl)
• Finnish: viisas (fi)
• French: sage (fr)
• Georgian: ბრძნული (brʒnuli)
• German: weise (de), klug (de)
• Greek: σοφός (el) (sofós)
• Hindi: बुद्धिमान (buddhimān)
• Hungarian: bölcs (hu)
• Irish: eagnaí
• Italian: saggio (it), savio (it)
• Japanese: 賢い (ja) (かしこい, kashikoi), 賢明な (ja) (けんめいな, kenmei na), 大人しい (ja) (おとなし​い, otonashii)
• Kapampangan: biása, magaling, matníbuntuk, matalínu
• Korean: 현명하다 (ko) (hyeonmyeonghada), 명철하다 (ko) (myeongcheolhada), 지혜롭다 (jihyeropda), 슬기롭다 (ko) (seulgiropda)
• Macedonian: мудар (mudar), умен (umen)
• Neapolitan: appusàto, abbasato, sàzio

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vis (no), klok (no)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мѫдръ (mǫdrŭ)

• Old East Slavic: мудръ (mudrŭ)
• Polish: mądry (pl), rozumny (pl)
• Portuguese: sábio (pt), sapiente (pt)
• Romanian: înțelept (ro)
• Russian: му́дрый (ru) (múdryj), у́мный (ru) (úmnyj), разу́мный (ru) (razúmnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: glic
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: му́дар, у̑ман

  Roman: múdar (sh), ȗman (sh)

• Slovak: múdry, umný, rozumný
• Slovene: moder (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mudry

• Spanish: sabio (es)
• Swedish: vis (sv), klok (sv)
• Thai: ฉลาด (th) (chà-làat)
• Turkish: bilge (tr)
• Ukrainian: му́дрий (múdryj), розу́мний (rozúmnyj)
• Vietnamese: khôn (vi)

Noun

sage (plural sages)

2. A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone 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): See Thesaurus:sage

Derived terms

• sagely
• sageness
• sage on the stage
• Seven Sages

 

Related terms

• sagacious
• sagacity

 

Translations

wise person

• Arabic: حَكِيم‎ (ar) m (ḥakīm)
• Armenian: իմաստուն (hy) (imastun)
• Azerbaijani: əllamə, aqil (az), müdrik adam
• Belarusian: мудрэ́ц m (mudréc)
• Bulgarian: мъдре́ц (bg) m (mǎdréc)
• Burmese: ပဏ္ဍိတ (my) (pandi.ta.), ပညာရှိ (my) (pa.nyahri.), နေမြင်လမြင် (my) (ne-mrangla.mrang), ပညာရှိ (my) (pa.nyahri.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哲人 (zh) (zhérén), 智者 (zh) (zhìzhě), 聖人 (zh), 圣人 (zh) (shèngrén)

• Cornish: dooth m
• Czech: mudrc (cs) m
• Danish: vismand c
• Dutch: wijze (nl) m
• Esperanto: saĝulo
• Finnish: tietäjä (fi), viisas (fi)
• French: sage (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრძენი (ka) (brʒeni)
• German: Weiser (de) m, Weise (de) f
• Greek: σοφός (el) m (sofós)

  Ancient: σοφός m (sophós)

• Hebrew: חָכָם‎ (he) m (khakhám)
• Hindi: ऋषि (hi) m (ŕṣi), गुरु (hi) m (guru), पंडित (hi) m (paṇḍit)
• Hungarian: bölcs (hu)
• Irish: fáidh m, saoi m, eagnaí m
• Italian: saggio (it), savio (it)
• Japanese: 賢人 (けんじん, kenjin), 哲人 (てつじん, tetsujin), 賢者 (けんじゃ, kenja)
• Kapampangan: pantas
• Khmer: បណ្ឌិត (km) (bɑndɨt), កោវិដ (kaovɨt), បារគូ (km) (baakuu), ញាតា (km) (ñiətaa)
• Korean: 현자(賢者) (ko) (hyeonja), 현인(賢人) (hyeonin)
• Latin: sophus m
• Macedonian: мудрец m (mudrec), умник m (umnik)

• Malay: pendeta
• Manx: dooinney creeney m
• Maori: ruānuku (man), hīnātore, wānanga
• Neapolitan: appusàto, abbasato, sàzio
• Ngarrindjeri: mooncumbulli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vismann m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мѫдрьць m (mǫdrĭcĭ)

• Persian: کندا‎ (fa) (kondâ), رد‎ (fa) (rad), عاقل‎ (fa) ('âqel)
• Polish: mędrzec (pl) m
• Portuguese: sábio (pt) m
• Quechua: amawt'a
• Russian: мудре́ц (ru) m (mudréc)
• Sanskrit: कवि (sa) m (kavi), पण्डित (sa) m (paṇḍita)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: му̀драц m, у̑мнӣк m

  Roman: mùdrac (sh) m, ȗmnīk (sh) m

• Slovak: mudrc m
• Slovene: modrec m, modrijan m
• Spanish: sabio (es) m
• Tagalog: pantas (tl)
• Tajik: ҳаким (hakim), донишманд (donišmand), мутафаккир (mutafakkir), оқил (oqil)
• Thai: บัณฑิต (th) (ban-dìt), ปราชญ์ (th) (bpràat), สุธี (th) (sù-tii), วิญญู (th) (win-yuu)
• Tocharian B: rṣāke
• Turkish: bilge (tr)
• Ukrainian: мудре́ць m (mudrécʹ)
• Uzbek: donishmand (uz)
• Yiddish: חכם‎ m (khokhem)

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 (usually uncountable, plural sages)

2. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
3. Any plant in the genus Salvia
4. 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.

Derived terms

• annual sage (Salvia carduaceae; Salvia hispanica)
• autumn sage (Salvia greggii)
• ball sage (Salvia mellifera
• bee sage (Hyptis emoryi, Salvia apiana)
• Bengal sage (Meriandra bengalensis)
• Bethlehem sage (Pulmonaria saccharata)
• blue sage (Eranthemum pulchellum, Salvia spp.)
• broom sage (species of Chrysothamnus, Ericameria, Lorandersonia)
• bud sage (Artemisia spinescens)
• bur sage (Franseria spp., esp. Franseria dumosa)
• button sage (Salvia mellifera)
• California sage (Artemisia californica)
• chaparral sage (Saliva leucophylla)
• cherry sage (Salvia greggii)
• clary sage (Salvia sclarea)
• common sage (Salvia officinalis)
• crimson sage (Ramona grandiflora)
• desert sage (Salvia eremostachya)
• diviner's sage (Salvia divinorum)
• flat sage
• French sage (Phlomis spp.)
• garden sage (Salvia officinalis)
• germander sage (Teuchrium scordium)
• hummingbird sage (Ramona grandiflora)
• Indian sage (Eupatorium)
• Jerusalem sage (Phlomis spp.)
• lambsleaf sage (Salvia reflexa)
• lanceleaf sage (Salvia reflexa)
• lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata)
• meadow sage (Salvia pratensis)
• mealy sage (Salvia farinacea)
• mountain sage
• pineapple sage (Salvia elegans)
• pitcher sage (Lepechinia spp., Salvia spatheca)
• prairie sage (Artemisia gnaphalodes)
• purple sage (Salvia leucophylla; Artemisia tridentata)
• red sage (Lantana camara; Kochia spp.)
• Rocky Mountain sage (Salvia reflexa)
• rose sage (Salvia eremostachya)
• Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
• sagebrush (Artemisia spp., esp. Artemisia tridentata)
• Sage Derby
• sage dog
• sage green
• sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
• sage mint (Salvia reflexa)
• sage tea
• sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
• sand sage (Salvia eremostachya)
• scarlet sage (Salvia splendens, Salvia coccinea; Artemisia cana)
• silver sage/silvery sage (Salvia leucophylla; Artemisia tridentata)
• Spanish sage (Salvia lavansdulaefolia)
• Texas sage
• thistle sage (Salvia carduaceae)
• tropical sage
• vervain sage (Salvia verbenaca)
• wand sage (Salvia vaseyi, Salvia virgata)
• western sage (Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana)
• white-leaved sage (Salvia leucophylla)
• white sage (Salvia apiana)
• wild sage
• wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia)
• wormwood sage (Artemisia frigida)
• yellow sage (Lantana camara)

 

Translations

Salvia officinalis

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مرمرية‎ f (marmareyya)

• Armenian: եղեսպակ (hy) (ełespak)
• Azerbaijani: adaçayı
• Basque: salbia
• Bulgarian: градински чай m (gradinski čaj)
• Catalan: sàlvia f
• Central Sierra Miwok: hukúˀme-
• Cherokee: ᏎᏥ ᏒᏟ (setsi svtli)
• 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
• Galician: xarxa f
• Georgian: სალბი (salbi)
• German: Salbei (de) m
• Greek: φασκομηλιά (el) f (faskomiliá)

  Ancient: ὅρμινον n (hórminon)

• Hebrew: מרווה‎ (marva)
• Hungarian: zsálya (hu)
• Irish: sáiste
• Italian: salvia (it) f
• Japanese: セージ (ja) (sēji)
• Korean: 세이지 (seiji)

• Latin: salvia f
• Ligurian: sàrvia f
• Macedonian: жа́лфија f (žálfija)
• Neapolitan: sàrvia
• Norman: sauge f (Jersey)
• Northern Ohlone: miriyan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: salvie m

  Nynorsk: salvie m or f

• Old English: salfige f
• Persian: سلوی‎ (fa) (salvi), مریم گلی‎ (maryam-goli)
• Polish: szałwia (pl) f, szałwia lekarska
• Portuguese: sálvia (pt) f, salva (pt) f (Portugal)
• 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 (sv) c
• Tagalog: salbiya
• Turkish: ada çayı (tr), dağ çayı (tr)
• Ukrainian: шавлія (šavlija)
• Zazaki: gula meryem

Salvia officinalis used in cooking

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼠尾草 (syu² mei⁵ cou²)

  Mandarin: 鼠尾草 (zh) (shǔwěicǎo)

• Czech: šalvěj (cs) f
• Finnish: salvia (fi)
• German: Salbei (de) m
• Greek: φασκόμηλο (el) n (faskómilo)
• Irish: sáiste f

• Italian: salvia (it) f
• Japanese: セージ (ja) (sēji)
• Latin: salvia f
• Ligurian: sàrvia f
• Polish: szałwia (pl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žalbija f

• Swedish: salvia (sv) c
• Tagalog: salbiya

plant of the genus Salvia

• Finnish: salvia (fi)

• Polish: szałwia (pl) f

See also

• salvia

Further reading

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese sage, from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.

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

Related terms

• age

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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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/

• audio

  (file)

• 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

• faire que sage
• sage comme une image
• sage-femme

Noun

sage m or f (plural sages)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ages, âges, âgés

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːɡə/

• Audio

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Verb

sage

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

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.ɡèː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sə́.ɟèː]

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

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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 or 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)