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-age en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɑː(d)ʒ/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /eːdʒ/ (South-Asia)
  • /əd͡ʒ/
  • /ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

Meanings

  1. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.
    • word + -age → wordage
  2. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.
    • shrink + -age → shrinkage
    • block + -age → blockage
    • marry + -age → marriage
    • slip + -age → slippage
  3. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns of a relationship or state.
    • bond + -age → bondage
    • parent + -age → parentage
    • line + -age → lineage
    • marry + -age → marriage
  4. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns indicating a place.
    • hermit + -age → hermitage
    • orphan + -age → orphanage
  5. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll.
    • cork + -age → corkage
    • post + -age → postage
    • broker + -age → brokerage
  6. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns indicating a rate.
    • mile + -age → mileage
    • percent + -age → percentage
  7. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Forming nouns of a unit of measure.
    • volt + -age → voltage
    • foot + -age → footage
    • tonne + -age → tonnage
    • hour + -age → hourage

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
-ages Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

-ing · -ery

Translations (27)

fr -age (appurtenance or collection) · pt -ato (place) · pt -ção (action, process, result) · fr -age (action, process, result) · it -aggio (appurtenance or collection) · enm -age (charge, fee, or toll) · ia -age (appurtenance or collection) · pt -agem (appurtenance or collection) · oc -atge (relationship or state) · de -ung (action, process, result) · hu -ás, -és (action, process, result) · pt -mento (action, process, result) · es -aje (action, process, result) · pt -ágio (charge, fee, or toll) · oc -atge (action, process, result) · da -ing (action, process, result) · ro -aj (action, process, result) · es -aje (appurtenance or collection) · pt -agem (relationship or state) · fr -age (relationship or state) · scn -aju (appurtenance or collection) · scn -aju (action, process, result) · pt -agem (rate) · pt -ção (relationship or state) · it -aggio (action, process, result) · enm -ing (action, process, result) · pt -agem (action, process, result)