Wiktionary

sage

See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /seɪd͡ʒ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).

The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

AdjectiveEdit

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

  1. wise.
  2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
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NounEdit

sage (plural sages)

  2. A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
    • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press (1973), 34:
      We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage.
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Etymology 2Edit

 
Sage leaves

From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe.

NounEdit

sage (usually uncountable, plural sages)

  2. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
  3. Any plant in the genus Salvia
  4. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
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Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Japanese sage, from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.

PronunciationEdit

  • Etymologically /sɑɡɛ/, but often /seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.

InterjectionEdit

sage

  1. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.
    sage in all fields
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VerbEdit

sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

  1. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.
    Reminder to sage and report.
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Usage notesEdit

  • This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (often OP's) own post to be of little value.

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Central FranconianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn.

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sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

  1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

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NounEdit

sage f (plural sagen)

  1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.

AdjectiveEdit

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat, comparative sagedam, superlative kõige sagedam)

  1. frequent

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of sage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sage sagedad
accusative sageda sagedad
genitive sageda sagedate
partitive sagedat sagedaid
illative sagedasse sagedatesse
sagedaisse
inessive sagedas sagedates
sagedais
elative sagedast sagedatest
sagedaist
allative sagedale sagedatele
sagedaile
adessive sagedal sagedatel
sagedail
ablative sagedalt sagedatelt
sagedailt
translative sagedaks sagedateks
sagedaiks
terminative sagedani sagedateni
essive sagedana sagedatena
abessive sagedata sagedateta
comitative sagedaga sagedatega

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle French sage, from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

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sage (plural sages)

  1. (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
  3. (of a child) good, well-behaved, not naughty
    Alors, tu vas être sage pour maman dans le magasin ?
    Now, are you going to be good for mommy in the store?

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NounEdit

sage m or f by sense (plural sages)

  1. a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. a sage (person)

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GermanEdit

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sage

  1. inflection of sagen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

HausaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sá.ɡèː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sə́.ɟèː]

VerbEdit

sagḕ (grade 4)

  1. to become stiff or paralyzed

LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sāge

  1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

NounEdit

sage m

  1. singular vocative of sagus

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.

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sage (plural sages)

  1. A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
DescendantsEdit
  • English: sage
  • Scots: sage
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AdjectiveEdit

sage

  1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
  2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Middle French sauge.

NounEdit

sage

  1. Alternative form of sauge

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapiō, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).

AdjectiveEdit

sage m or f

  1. (Jersey) wise

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

  1. to saw (cut something with a saw)

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *sapius (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sade (“delicious”), from the Latin form.

AdjectiveEdit

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

  1. wise (having wisdom)

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Sathmar SwabianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

VerbEdit

sage

  1. to say

ReferencesEdit

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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