See also: Bagage

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From French bagage (baggage, luggage).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baɡaːsjə/, [b̥aˈɡ̊æːɕə]

Noun edit

bagage c (singular definite bagagen, not used in plural form)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French bagage. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈɣaː.ʒə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun edit

bagage f (uncountable)

  1. baggage; luggage
    Synonyms: bepakking, pakkage
  2. (figuratively) load, a person's relevant (especially hindering) background

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: bagasie
  • Dutch Low Saxon: begazie, pakkazie
  • Malay: bagasi
  • Sranan Tongo: bagasi
    • Caribbean Javanese: bagasi

French edit

Etymology edit

Either from Late Latin *baga (a vessel type), or from Old French bague (pack, bundle); ultimately from the North Germanic/Scandinavian source (Old Norse baggi) that yielded English bag.

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Noun edit

bagage m (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bagage (baggage). Compare Guianese Creole bagaj.

Noun edit

bagage

  1. (Saint-Domingue) an object, thing
    Vou va faire yo meté tout bagage-là dan passager.You'll make them put all those things on the passenger.

Descendants edit

References edit

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Old French bagage, compare Old French bague. Equivalent to bagge +‎ -age.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bagage (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Old French bagage.

Noun edit

bagage m (plural bagages)

  1. baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one)

Usage notes edit

  • Often used uncountably where English would use the plural baggages. See citation above.

Descendants edit

References edit

  • bagage on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From bague +‎ -age, ultimately from Old Norse baggi.

Noun edit

bagage oblique singularm (oblique plural bagages, nominative singular bagages, nominative plural bagage)

  1. baggage (luggage; that which one transports with one)

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References edit

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bagage, supplement)

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bagage.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bagage n

  1. baggage; luggage

Declension edit

Declension of bagage 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bagage bagaget bagage bagagen
Genitive bagages bagagets bagages bagagens

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