See also: Bagage

Danish

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Etymology

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From French bagage (baggage, luggage).

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. baggage; luggage

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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bagage f (uncountable)

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

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Descendants

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

French

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Etymology

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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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bagage m (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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

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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.

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References

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

Middle English

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Etymology

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

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bagage (plural bagages)

  1. baggage; luggage
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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old French bagage.

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bagage m (plural bagages)

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

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

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References

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

Old French

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Etymology

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

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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

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bagage.

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bagage n

  1. baggage; luggage

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

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