âge

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French âge, from Old French aage, eage, edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem.

The transition from aé to aage was done by the addition of the suffix -age, apparently because the first form was too short; aé + -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʒ/, /ɑʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑʒ
• Homophones: âges (general), age, ages (some speakers)

Noun

âge m (plural âges)

1. age

Derived terms

• âge adulte
• âge bête
• âge du bronze
• âge du fer
• âge d’or
• âge ingrat
• d’un certain âge
• en bas âge
• entre deux âges
• faire son âge
• force de l’âge
• hors d’âge
• Moyen Âge
• quel âge as-tu
• tranche d’âge
• troisième âge
• venir en âge

 

Related terms

• âgé

 

Further reading

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