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-age

See also: Appendix:Variations of "age"

English

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Italic *-ātos
    Latin -ātus
    Proto-Italic *-kos
    Latin -cus
    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.

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    • IPA(key): /ɪd͡ʒ/, /əd͡ʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
    • IPA(key): /eɪd͡ʒ/ (obsolete in native English; used as spelling pronunciation in India)
    • IPA(key): /ɑːʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)

    Suffix

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    -age

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

    Derived terms

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    English terms suffixed with -age

    Translations

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    Anagrams

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From French -age.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
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    Suffix

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    -age

    1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
      1. action
        ‎kijven (“to altercate, dispute, wrangle”) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (“squabbling”)
        ‎lekken (“to leak”) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (“leakage”)
      2. collectivity
        ‎tuig (“rig”) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (“rigging”)
      3. result of an action
        ‎stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

    Derived terms

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    Dutch terms suffixed with -age

    Descendants

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    • → Indonesian: -ase

    French

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    Etymology

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

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    -age m (plural -ages)

    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.

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    • 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.

    Descendants

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    French terms suffixed with -age

    German

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    Alternative forms

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    • -asche (obsolete or nonstandard)

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung.

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    -age f (plural -agen)

    1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French.

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    German terms suffixed with -age

    Interlingua

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem/Spanish -aje, all ultimately from Latin -āticum.

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    -age

    1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -age
      ‎folio (“leaf”) + ‎-age → ‎foliage (“foliage”)
      ‎fructo (“fruit”) + ‎-age → ‎fructage (“fruitage”)

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    • G in this suffix always represents a fricative (or affricate) sound rather than a plosive, i.e. /ˈaʒe/ (or /ˈadʒe/) rather than */ˈaɡe/.
    • It takes the form -agi- before o or a.

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    Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -age not found

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    Japanese

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    -age

    1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

    Middle English

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

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      -age

      1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
      2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
      3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

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      Middle English terms suffixed with -age

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      Middle French

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      Etymology

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      From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

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      -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"

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      Middle French terms suffixed with -age

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      Occitan

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      Suffix

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      -age

      1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

      Old French

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        From Latin -āticum.

        Suffix

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        -age

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

        Derived terms

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        Old French terms suffixed with -age

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