sage

See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪdʒ/

• Audio (US)

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• 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     All you sage counsellors, hence!

   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

Synonyms

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

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 (ja) (けんめいな, kenmei na)
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• 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), section 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

• Chinese:

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

• Cornish: dooth m
• 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, 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)
• Latin: sophus m
• Macedonian: му́дрец m (múdrec)
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• Manx: dooinney creeney m
• Maori: ruānuku (man), hīnātore, wānanga
• Neapolitan: appusàto, abbasato, sàzio
• Ngarrindjeri: mooncumbulli
• Norwegian: vismann m
• Persian: کندا (fa) (kondâ), رد (fa) (rad)
• Polish: mędrzec (pl)
• Portuguese: sábio (pt) m
• Quechua: amawt'a
• Russian: мудре́ц (ru) m (mudréc)
• Sanskrit: कवि (sa) m (kavi)
• 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

• annual sage (; )
• autumn sage ()
• ball sage (
• bee sage (, )
• Bengal sage ()
• Bethlehem sage ()
• blue sage (, Salvia spp.)
• broom sage (species of , , )
• bud sage ()
• bur sage ( spp., esp. )
• button sage ()
• California sage ()
• chaparral sage ()
• cherry sage ()
• clary sage ()
• common sage (Salvia officinalis)
• crimson sage ()
• desert sage ()
• diviner's sage ()
• flat sage
• French sage (Phlomis spp.)
• garden sage (Salvia officinalis)
• germander sage ()
• hummingbird sage ()
• Indian sage (Eupatorium)
• Jerusalem sage (Phlomis spp.)
• lambsleaf sage ()
• lanceleaf sage ()
• lyreleaf sage ()
• meadow sage ()
• mealy sage ()
• mountain sage)
• pineapple sage ()
• pitcher sage ( spp., )
• prairie sage ()
• purple sage (; Artemisia tridentata)
• red sage (Lantana camara; )
• Rocky Mountain sage ()
• rose sage ()
• Russian sage ()
• sagebrush (Artemisia spp., esp. Artemisia tridentata)
• Sage Derby
• sage dog
• sage green
• sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
• sage mint ()
• sage tea
• sage thrasher ()
• sand sage ()
• scarlet sage (, ; )
• silver sage/silvery sage (; Artemisia tridentata)
• Spanish sage ()
• Texas sage
• thistle sage ()
• tropical sage
• vervain sage ()
• wand sage (, )
• western sage (, )
• white-leaved sage ()
• white sage ()
• wild sage
• wood sage ()
• wormwood sage ()
• yellow sage (Lantana camara)

 

Translations

plant

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

  Egyptian Arabic: مرمية f (meramiya)

• Armenian: եղեսպակ (hy) (eġespak)
• 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)

  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)
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• 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

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

  Lower Sorbian: žalbija f

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

See also

• salvia

Further reading

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

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 .

Adjective

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat, comparative sagedam, superlative kõige sagedam)

1. frequent

Declension

Declension of sage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sage	sagedad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sageda
genitive			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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sage, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *sapius from the Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin verb sapiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʒ/

• audio

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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 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. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of sagen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
4. (deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) sāge

1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sage m

1. singular vocative of sagus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *sapius from the Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)