See also: age, Age, âge, Agë, Åge, and âgé

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɪd͡ʒ/, /əd͡ʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
  • IPA(key): /ɑːʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)
  • IPA(key): /eɪd͡ʒ/ (obsolete)

Suffix edit

-age

  1. forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
    Synonyms: -ery, -ing
    word + ‎-age → ‎wordage
  2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
    block + ‎-age → ‎blockage
    marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage
    shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage
  3. forming nouns of a state or relationship
    bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage
    marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    parent + ‎-age → ‎parentage
    line + ‎-age → ‎lineage
  4. forming nouns indicating a place
    orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage
    hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage
  5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
    post + ‎-age → ‎postage
    broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage
    cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage
  6. forming nouns indicating a rate
    percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage
    mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage
  7. forming nouns of a unit of measure.
    volt + ‎-age → ‎voltage
    foot + ‎-age → ‎footage
    tonne + ‎-age → ‎tonnage
    hour + ‎-age → ‎hourage

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From French -age.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
  • (file)

Suffix edit

-age

  1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
    1. action
      kijven (to altercate, dispute, wrangle) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (squabbling)
      lekken (to leak) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (leakage)
    2. collectivity
      tuig (rig) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (rigging)
    3. result of an action
      stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: -ase

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-age m (plural -ages)

  1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
  2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
  3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

Usage notes edit

  • Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

Descendants edit

See also edit

German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • -asche (obsolete or nonstandard)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-age f (plural -agen)

  1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French.

Derived terms edit

Interlingua edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem/Spanish -aje, all ultimately from Latin -āticum.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-age

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -age
    folio (leaf) + ‎-age → ‎foliage (foliage)
    fructo (fruit) + ‎-age → ‎fructage (fruitage)

Usage notes edit

  • G in this suffix always represents a fricative (or affricate) sound rather than a plosive, i.e. /ˈaʒe/ (or /ˈadʒe/) rather than */ˈaɡe/.
  • It takes the form -agi- before o or a.

Derived terms edit

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -age not found

References edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

-age

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-age

  1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
  2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
  3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix edit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
  2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Occitan edit

Suffix edit

-age

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin -āticum.

Suffix edit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
  2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit