-age

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.

• IPA^(key): /ɪdʒ/, /ədʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
• IPA^(key): /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.

   wordage

2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result

   blockage; slippage; shrinkage

3. forming nouns of a state or relationship

   bondage

4. forming nouns indicating a place

   orphanage; hermitage

5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee

   postage; brokerage; corkage

6. forming nouns indicating a rate

   percentage; mileage

• (collection): -ery, -ing

• EGA, Ega, G. E. A.

From French -age.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/

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-age

Creates nouns from verbs (lekken – lekkage) and from other nouns (tuig – tuigage). It denotes

1. action (kijvage, from kijven)
2. collectivity (tuigage)
3. result of an action (stellage)

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

• IPA^(key): /aʒ/

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"
3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

• Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

• Esperanto: -aĵo
• Ido: -ajo
• Portuguese: -agem
• Spanish: -aje

-age

1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

• French: -age

-age

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

• -aige
• -aje (rare)

From Latin -āticum.

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

• English: -age (borrowed)
• Middle French: -age
  • French: -age