adage

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French adage, from Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈædɪdʒ/

Noun

adage (plural adages)

1. An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.
2. An old saying, which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

   “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage” (Lady MacBeth)

Synonyms

• proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm.
• See also Wikisaurus:saying

Translations

old saying

• Bulgarian: пословица (bg) (poslovica), поговорка (bg) (pogovorka)
• Dutch: gezegde (nl)
• Finnish: sanonta (fi)
• Georgian: გამონათქვამი (ka) (gamonat’k’vami)
• German: Sprichwort (de) n

• Norwegian: visdomsord (no) n
• Russian: посло́вица (ru) (poslóvica) f, погово́рка (ru) (pogovórka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: poslovica (sh), izreka (sh)
• Spanish: adagio (es) m, refrán (es) m, dicho (es) m
• Swedish: talesätt (sv) n

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French

Etymology

From Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.daʒ/, X-SAMPA: /a.daZ/

Noun

adage m

1. Adage.