-aje
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, both from Latin -āticum. Doublet of -azgo. Cognate with French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Romanian -aj.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-aje m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajes)
- forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc.
- aprendiz (“apprentice”) + -aje → aprendizaje (“apprenticeship”)
- voltio (“volt”) + -aje → voltaje (“voltage”)
- forms masculine nouns with the sense of collection; -age
- forms nouns
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-aje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014