mage
English
Etymology
From Middle English mages (pluralia tantum), from Latin magus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: māj, IPA(key): /meɪdʒ/
- Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Derived terms
Translations
magician, wizard or sorcerer
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Afrikaans
Danish
Noun
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse maka, from Middle Low German māken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-Germanic *makōną.
Dutch Low Saxon
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑʒ
Noun
mage m (plural mages)
- specialist in occult sciences foretelling the future
- Après une violente dispute avec son mari, elle consulte un mage qui lui prédit un sombre avenir.
- (obsolete) magus: priest of the Zoroaster religion, with the Persians and the Medes.
- wise man (one of the three wise men that came from the East to Bethlehem for Jesus Christ)
- L’adoration des mages.
Further reading
- “mage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
References
- mage in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mage in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːɣə/
Usage notes
- The plural form stays the same in every case.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mɑːɡə/
Synonyms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish maghi, from Old Norse magi, from Proto-Germanic *magô, from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mɑːɡɛ/
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Noun
mage c
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mage | magen | magar | magarna |
Genitive | mages | magens | magars | magarnas |
Derived terms
- ha is i magen – to be calm and cool under pressure; "to have ice in the stomach"
- ha mage – to have the insolence to do something; "to have stomach (for something)"
- hård i magen – having difficulty passing excrements, being constipated; "hard stomach"
- lös i magen – having loose bowels; "soft/loose stomach"
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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian maga, from Proto-Germanic *magô.
Further reading
- “mage”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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