oltrage

Old French

Alternative forms

• ultrage, outrage, utrage

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum (literally “a going beyond”), from Latin ultra (“beyond”).

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ulˈtɾad͡ʒə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /uˈtɾad͡ʒə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /uˈtɾaʒə/

Noun

oltrage oblique singular, m (oblique plural oltrages, nominative singular oltrages, nominative plural oltrage)

1. insult; offence; impoliteness
2. excess; over-the-topness

Descendants

• French: outrage
  • → Romanian: ultraj (calque)
• → Italian: oltraggio
• → Middle English: outrage
  • English: outrage
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Galician: aldraxe
  • Portuguese: ultraje
• → Old Spanish: [Term?]
  • Spanish: ultraje